Flybondi B738 at Mar del Plata on Jan 5th 2024, hard landing and tail strike

Last Update: January 7, 2024 / 19:15:18 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 5, 2024

Classification
Accident

Airline
Flybondi

Flight number
FO-5720

Aircraft Registration
LV-KJE

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

Airport ICAO Code
SAZM

A Flybondi Boeing 737-800, registration LV-KJE performing flight FO-5720 from Buenos Aires Aeroparque,BA to Mar del Plata,BA (Argentina), touched down hard on Mar del Plata's runway 31 at 22:28L (01:28Z Jan 6th) and suffered a tail strike. The aircraft rolled out without further incident. There are no reported injuries, the aircraft sustained substantial damage.

Argentina's JST rated the occurrence an accident and opened an investigation.

The airline reported passengers and crews disembarked safely after a hard landing.

Metars:
SAZM 060300Z 32010KT CAVOK 22/19 Q1009=
SAZM 060200Z 33012KT CAVOK 22/19 Q1010=
SAZM 060100Z 35011KT CAVOK 22/20 1010=
SAZM 060000Z 01013KT 9999 TS SCT028 OVC043 FEW055CB 22/20 Q1009=
SAZM 052300Z 02006KT 8000 TS SCT043 FEW050CB SCT200 22/20 Q1010=
SAZM 052200Z 07012KT 7000 -TSRA SCT043 FEW050CB BKN200 21/20 Q1010=
SAZM 052100Z 07011KT 040V100 9000 -TSRA SCT043 FEW050CB BKN200 21/20 Q1010=
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 5, 2024

Classification
Accident

Airline
Flybondi

Flight number
FO-5720

Aircraft Registration
LV-KJE

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

Airport ICAO Code
SAZM

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