Jet Airways B738 at Kolkata on Jan 14th 2015, tail scrape on landing
Last Update: December 6, 2017 / 17:47:39 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 14, 2015
Classification
Report
Airline
Jet Airways
Flight number
9W-615
Departure
Mumbai, India
Destination
Kolkata, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-JGE
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
Airport ICAO Code
VECC
India's DGCA released their final report into the serious incident concluding the probable causes were:
The probable cause of Serious Incident is due to “decrease of airspeed below Vref during landing process and increase in pitch attitude resulted into the Tail Strike.”
The DGCA reported the captain (33, ATPL, 5,248 hours total, 4,974 hours on type thereof 1,583 hours in command) was pilot flying, the first officer (43, CPL, 4,932 hours total, 4,557 hours on type) was pilot monitoring. Visibility at Kolkata was 800 meters. The crew decided to carry out a dual autopilot approach with the intention of a manual landing, Vref was computed at 148 KIAS and Vapp at 153 KIAS, flaps were set to 30 degrees. The aircraft performed a prolonged flare that, from 30 feet AGL to touchdown, lasted 14 seconds, during which the pitch angle reached 9.14 degrees nose up. The aircraft touched down 1200 meters past the runway threshold, the tailskid and aft fuselage contacted the runway surface, the aircraft experienced +1.36G on touchdown. The aircraft taxied to the apron.
An aircraft mechanics inspecting the aircraft at the stand discovered damage to tail skid and aft fuselage. The damage was rated minor by the DGCA.
The DGCA analysed that the weather was above minima for the ILS approach to runway 19L.
Metars:
VECC 140520Z 02003KT 1200 R19L/1700 RMID/1400 R01R/1200 BR NSC 20/15 Q1017 BECMG 1500 BR=
VECC 140450Z 34005KT 1200 R19L/1500 RMID/1300 R01R/1200 BR NSC 19/15 Q1018 BECMG 1500 BR=
VECC 140420Z 35005KT 1000 R19L/1400 RMID/1200 R01R/1100 MIFG NSC 18/15 Q1018 NOSIG=
VECC 140350Z 34005KT 0900 R19L/1400 RMID/1100 R01R/1000 MIFG NSC 17/15 Q1018 NOSIG=
VECC 140320Z 36005KT 0900 R19L/1200 RMID/1000 R01R/1000 MIFG NSC 17/15 Q1018 NOSIG=
VECC 140250Z 01005KT 0800 R19L/1200 RMID/1000 R01R/0900 FG NSC 16/15 Q1017 NOSIG=
VECC 140220Z 36004KT 0700 R19L/1000 RMID/0800 R01R/0800 FG NSC 15/14 Q1016 BECMG 0800 FG=
VECC 140150Z 34003KT 0700 R19L/0800 RMID/0800 R01R/0800 MIFG NSC 14/13 Q1016 NOSIG=
VECC 140050Z 34003KT 0900 R19L/0900 RMID/1000 R01R/1100 MIFG NSC 13/12 Q1015 BECMG 0800 FG=
VECC 140020Z 00000KT 1000 R19L/1100 RMID/1300 R01R/1100 MIFG NSC 13/12 Q1015 BECMG 0800 FG=
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 14, 2015
Classification
Report
Airline
Jet Airways
Flight number
9W-615
Departure
Mumbai, India
Destination
Kolkata, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-JGE
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
Airport ICAO Code
VECC
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