Ural A321 at Ufa on Dec 14th 2018, tail strike on departure

Last Update: December 14, 2018 / 20:34:48 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 14, 2018

Classification
Accident

Flight number
U6-9785

Departure
Ufa, Russia

Aircraft Registration
VQ-BCE

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

Airport ICAO Code
UWUU

An Ural Airlines Airbus A321-200, registration VQ-BCE performing flight U6-9785 from Ufa to Nizhnevartovsk (Russia) with 165 people on board, departed Ufa's runway 32L, the tail however contacted the runway surface. The crew continued takeoff and climbed to cruise FL350. About 40 minutes after departure, 270nm northeast of Ufa and about 60nm northeast of Ekaterinburg, the crew decided to divert to Ekaterinburg, turned the aircraft around and landed safely on Ekaterinburg's runway 26R about one hour after departure.

The airline reported the commander felt a strong impact of the tail with the runway on departure. The flight was aborted and the aircraft diverted to the nearest maintenance base.

A replacement A321-200 registration VQ-BOC reached Nizhnevartovsk with a delay of about 15.5 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 18 hours after landing.

Metars:
UWUU 140230Z 35002MPS 3000 0400N PRFG BR NSC M08/M09 Q1025 R32L/0///60 TEMPO 0300 FZFG VV003 RMK QFE756/1008=
UWUU 140200Z 33002MPS 300V360 3000 BR NSC M07/M08 Q1025 R32L/0///60 TEMPO 0300 FZFG VV003 RMK QFE756/1008=
UWUU 140130Z VRB01MPS 4500 BR NSC M07/M08 Q1025 R32L/0///60 TEMPO 0300 FZFG VV003 RMK QFE756/1008=
UWUU 140100Z 33002MPS CAVOK M08/M09 Q1025 R32L/0///60 NOSIG RMK QFE756/1008=
UWUU 140030Z 35002MPS CAVOK M08/M08 Q1025 R32L/0///60 NOSIG RMK QFE756/1008=
UWUU 140000Z 34002MPS CAVOK M07/M07 Q1025 R32L/0///60 NOSIG RMK QFE756/1009=
UWUU 132330Z VRB01MPS CAVOK M07/M08 Q1025 R32L/0///60 NOSIG RMK QFE756/1008=
UWUU 132300Z VRB01MPS CAVOK M05/M06 Q1025 R32L/0///60 NOSIG RMK QFE756/1009=
UWUU 132230Z VRB01MPS CAVOK M06/M07 Q1025 R32L/0///60 NOSIG RMK QFE756/1008=
UWUU 132200Z 01002MPS CAVOK M06/M08 Q1025 R32L/0///60 NOSIG RMK QFE756/1008=
UWUU 132130Z 36001MPS CAVOK M04/M06 Q1025 R32L/0///60 NOSIG RMK QFE756/1009=
UWUU 132100Z 03002MPS 9999 SCT040 M02/M06 Q1025 R32L/0///60 NOSIG RMK QFE756/1009=
UWUU 132030Z 01002MPS 9999 SCT040 M03/M06 Q1025 R32L/0///60 NOSIG RMK QFE756/1009=
UWUU 132000Z 35001MPS 9999 SCT040 M03/M06 Q1025 R32L/0///60 NOSIG RMK QFE757/1009=
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 14, 2018

Classification
Accident

Flight number
U6-9785

Departure
Ufa, Russia

Aircraft Registration
VQ-BCE

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

Airport ICAO Code
UWUU

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