Airbus A321 at Perpignan on Feb 12th 2016, tail strike on landing

Last Update: February 16, 2016 / 21:58:02 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 12, 2016

Classification
Accident

Cause
Tail strike on landing

Departure
Toulouse, France

Destination
Perpignan, France

Aircraft Registration
D-AVXB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

Airport
Perpignan-Rivesaltes (Llabanère) Airport, Perpignan/Rivesaltes

Airport ICAO Code
LFMP

An Airbus Airbus A321Neo, registration D-AVXB performing test flight AIB-04XB from Toulouse to Perpignan (France), landed on Perpignan's runway 33 but struck its tail onto the runway surface. The aircraft rolled out without further incident but was unable to continue its test schedule due to the damage received.

Airbus said, the damage can be repaired but will take a couple of weeks. Although the certification schedule for the A321Neo will be delayed by a few weeks as result, the delivery schedule should not be impacted.

The occurrence aircraft was able to ferry to Toulouse on Feb 15th 2016 where the repairs will be done.

Metars:
LFMP 121100Z AUTO 33005KT 300V030 9999 -RA FEW013/// SCT054/// BKN070/// ///CB 11/08 Q1002
LFMP 121030Z AUTO 28007KT 9999 -RA FEW046/// SCT070/// BKN086/// ///TCU 10/08 Q1002
LFMP 121000Z AUTO 27006KT 9999 FEW084/// SCT180/// ///TCU 11/08 Q1002
LFMP 120930Z AUTO 29006KT 9999 FEW074 11/08 Q1002
LFMP 120900Z AUTO 29006KT 9999 -RA FEW062 BKN084 09/07 Q1002
LFMP 120830Z AUTO VRB02KT 9999 FEW040 08/07 Q1002
LFMP 120800Z AUTO VRB02KT 6000 -RA SCT033/// BKN048/// BKN068/// ///TCU 07/06 Q1003
LFMP 120730Z AUTO VRB02KT 9999 FEW014 07/06 Q1004
LFMP 120700Z AUTO 29003KT 9999 FEW096 SCT110 07/06 Q1004
LFMP 120630Z AUTO 21003KT 9999 -RA FEW039 SCT072 BKN110 07/05 Q1004
LFMP 120600Z AUTO 30004KT 9999 BKN090/// OVC110/// ///CB 07/06 Q1006
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 12, 2016

Classification
Accident

Cause
Tail strike on landing

Departure
Toulouse, France

Destination
Perpignan, France

Aircraft Registration
D-AVXB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

Airport
Perpignan-Rivesaltes (Llabanère) Airport, Perpignan/Rivesaltes

Airport ICAO Code
LFMP

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