Fedex MD11 at Denver on Jan 25th 2013, tail strike on landing

Last Update: April 29, 2013 / 22:32:00 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 25, 2013

Classification
Accident

Cause
Tail strike on landing

Airline
Fedex

Departure
Memphis, United States

Destination
Denver, United States

Aircraft Registration
N618FE

Aircraft Type
McDonnell Douglas MD-11

ICAO Type Designator
MD11

A Fedex Federal Express McDonnell Douglas MD-11, registration N618FE performing freight flight FX-1420 from Memphis,TN to Denver,CO (USA), performed a visual landing on Denver's runway 17R at 04:57L (11:57Z). While the aircraft was vacating via high speed exit onto taxiway M an airport operations vehicle reported the aircraft may have had a tail strike on landing. The crew reported they have had a hard landing but were not sure about a tail strike. The runway was closed, the operations vehicle proceeded onto the runway for an inspection and confirmed there had been a tail strike, aircraft parts were on the runway.

First information suggests the aircraft received substantial damage including some collapsed floor inside the fuselage.

On Jan 27th 2013 the FAA reported the aircraft received substantial damage when it struck its tail onto the runway and rated the occurrence an accident.

Following 10 days of repairs in Denver the aircraft was ferried to Los Angeles,CA (USA) at a maximum altitude of 10,000 feet on Feb 4th 2013. The aircraft is still on the ground in Los Angeles for repairs (Standing Mar 30th 2013).

On Mar 30th 2013 the NTSB reported the aircraft received substantial damage to its tail when the aircraft struck its tail onto runway 17 (editorial note: the NTSB did not specify 17L or 17R). The aircraft taxied normally to the gate where the damage was discovered. The NTSB have opened an investigation into the accident.

After conducting test flights on Apr 27th (FX-9066) and Apr 28th 2013 (FX-9070) the aircraft is scheduled to resume service on Apr 30th 2013.



Metars:
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KDEN 251253Z 15013KT 10SM FEW100 SCT200 02/M04 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP180 T00221044
KDEN 251153Z 16013KT 10SM FEW100 SCT200 M01/M06 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP180 T10061061 10083 21022 58003
KDEN 251053Z 16011KT 10SM FEW100 SCT200 M01/M07 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP179 T10061067
KDEN 250953Z 15011KT 10SM FEW100 SCT200 M01/M06 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP180 T10061061
KDEN 250853Z 16008KT 10SM FEW180 SCT200 01/M06 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP177 T00061061 53009
Aircraft Registration Data
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 25, 2013

Classification
Accident

Cause
Tail strike on landing

Airline
Fedex

Departure
Memphis, United States

Destination
Denver, United States

Aircraft Registration
N618FE

Aircraft Type
McDonnell Douglas MD-11

ICAO Type Designator
MD11

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