Airbus 321 N560UW
5 April 2013 · Las Vegas, Nevada, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 5 April 2013 at about 19:51 local time, a Airbus 321 registered N560UW, operated by U.A Airways Inc, was involved in an accident near Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. 192 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 19:51
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- Nearest airport
- Las vegas (LAS)
- Coordinates
- 36.8000, -115.3000
- Aircraft
- Airbus 321
- Registration
- N560UW
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- U.A Airways Inc
- Operating rule
- Part 121: Air Carrier
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Charlotte → Las Vegas
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- DCA13FA071
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 192 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 192 |
Probable cause
the captain's improper recovery from a bounced landing which resulted in a tailstrike.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The flight crew stated that the captain was the pilot flying and the first officer was the pilot monitoring. The captain stated that, once he turned off the autopilot while on the approach to runway 25L, he thought "the winds seemed a little stronger…" than what was reported, and it felt "a little squirrelly." He said he initiated the flare within about 20 feet above the ground and pitched up for the flare, but stated he did not feel any pitch response, so he brought the nose up a little more to arrest the descent. Upon initial touchdown, he estimated that the airplane bounced about 5-10 feet back into the air. On the subsequent touchdown, the airplane's tail struck the runway. Postaccident investigation revealed substantial damage to the underbelly and aft bulkhead area. The skin was abraded over a large area through its thickness in several areas of the pressure vessel . One frame was fractured along with several fractured shear ties and frame clips.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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