ABX B763 at Panama City on Mar 23rd 2024, tail strike on landing

Last Update: May 8, 2024 / 15:12:07 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 23, 2024

Classification
Accident

Cause
Tail strike on landing

Airline
ABX Air

Flight number
GB-901

Departure
Miami, United States

Destination
Panama City, Panama

Aircraft Registration
N372CM

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

Airport
Tocumen International Airport, Tocumen

Airport ICAO Code
MPTO

An ABX Air Boeing 767-300 freighter, registration N372CM performing flight GB-901 from Miami,FL (USA) to Panama City (Panama) with 2 crew, landed on Panama City's runway 21R but struck its tail onto the runway surface. The aircraft rolled out without further incident and taxied to the apron.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Panama City two weeks later.

On Apr 7th 2024 The Aviation Herald received a video of the landing as well as images of the damage, see below.

On May 8th 2024 Panama's Oficina de Investigacion de Accidentes Aereos
(OFINVAA) released their preliminary report in Spanish stating the aircraft suffered an abnormal runway contact (tail strike) upon landing on runway 21R. The aircraft suffered substantial damage including substantial damage to the aft pressure bulkhead and the subfloor structure in the right hand aft cargo compartment. The occurrence was rated an accident.

Metars:
MPTO 240000Z 26007KT 9999 FEW018 30/22 Q1007 NOSIG=
MPTO 232300Z 29014KT 9000 SCT018 31/22 Q1008 NOSIG=
MPTO 232200Z 28012KT 9000 SCT018 32/22 Q1008 NOSIG=
MPTO 232100Z 25015KT 9000 SCT018 33/22 Q1009 NOSIG=
MPTO 232000Z 27012KT 9000 SCT018 34/22 Q1010 NOSIG=
MPTO 231900Z 17009KT 9000 SCT018 34/23 Q1011 NOSIG=
MPTO 231800Z 19006KT 9000 SCT018 33/23 Q1012 NOSIG=
MPTO 231700Z 25009KT 9000 FEW018 33/21 Q1012 NOSIG=
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 23, 2024

Classification
Accident

Cause
Tail strike on landing

Airline
ABX Air

Flight number
GB-901

Departure
Miami, United States

Destination
Panama City, Panama

Aircraft Registration
N372CM

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

Airport
Tocumen International Airport, Tocumen

Airport ICAO Code
MPTO

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