Accident · 1997-02-06

NTSB case DCA97LA027 · Airbus Industrie A-300-600R · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1997-02-06
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Airbus Industrie A-300-600R (N41063)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.

Probable cause

The captain failed to establish and maintain a stabilized approach (or perform a go-around), and applied excessive pitch rotation during the subsequent recovery from a bounced landing, resulting in a tail strike. A factor contributing to the accident was the operator's inadequate procedures to address corrective actions if an approach becomes unstabilized.

Source: NTSB case DCA97LA027

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.

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