Incident · 1997-12-15

NTSB case ATL98IA024 · Airbus Industrie A-300-600 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1997-12-15
Event type: Incident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Airbus Industrie A-300-600 (N90070)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): AMERICAN AIRLINES

Probable cause

The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing, compounded by the automatic deployment of the ground spoilers on main wheel spin-up, resulting in a pitch angle beyond the tail strike pitch angle of the airplane, which led to the tail contacting the runway.

Source: NTSB case ATL98IA024

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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