Frontier A20N at Las Vegas on Dec 12th 2021, tail strike on landing
Last Update: December 15, 2021 / 20:13:49 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 12, 2021
Classification
Accident
Cause
Tail strike on landing
Airline
Frontier Airlines
Flight number
F9-2047
Departure
Memphis, United States
Destination
Las Vegas, United States
Aircraft Registration
N307FR
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N
ICAO Type Designator
A20N
Airport ICAO Code
KLAS
The FAA reported: "AIRCRAFT INCURRED A TAIL STRIKE ON LANDING, LAS VEGAS, NV.", the damage was unknown and the occurrence was rated an incident.
On Dec 14th 2021 the FAA updated the report stating the aircraft suffered the tail strike on the flight from Memphis,TN (not Ontario,CA as earlier identified) and reported the damage was substantial and the occurrence was now rated an accident.
The aircraft is still on the ground in Las Vegas about 33 hours after landing.
On Dec 15th 2021 the NTSB reported the occurrence was rated an accident, the aircraft had sustained substantial damage, stating the tail strike occurred at 08:22Z on Dec 13th (local time 23:22L Dec 12th). The NTSB opened an investigation but did not dispatch investigators on site.
Metars:
KLAS 131056Z 21003KT 10SM BKN250 02/M09 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP167 T00221089=
KLAS 130956Z 00000KT 10SM BKN250 03/M09 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP165 T00281094=
KLAS 130856Z 20005KT 10SM SCT250 03/M09 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP165 T00281094 58005=
KLAS 130756Z 21005KT 10SM FEW250 04/M09 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP168 T00391094 401170006=
KLAS 130656Z 23004KT 10SM FEW250 04/M09 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP170 T00391094=
KLAS 130556Z 23004KT 10SM FEW160 SCT250 05/M09 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP170 T00501089 10111 20044 51001=
KLAS 130456Z 29005KT 10SM FEW160 SCT250 06/M09 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP171 T00611089=
KLAS 130356Z 25003KT 10SM FEW160 SCT250 06/M09 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP171 T00611089=
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 12, 2021
Classification
Accident
Cause
Tail strike on landing
Airline
Frontier Airlines
Flight number
F9-2047
Departure
Memphis, United States
Destination
Las Vegas, United States
Aircraft Registration
N307FR
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N
ICAO Type Designator
A20N
Airport ICAO Code
KLAS
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