Narrative:United Airlines flight 1117, a Boeing 757-224, suffered a tailstrike on takeoff from runway 22L at Newark-Liberty International Airport, NJ (EWR), USA.
The captain was the pilot flying and receiving operational experience refresher (OER) training with a line check airman (LCA) who was the pilot monitoring and the pilot-in-command.
According to the LCA, the captain suggested a go-around shortly after touchdown due to a significant pitch up, but the LCA thought the pitch was like the pitch up caused by ground spoiler deployment and advised the captain to continue the landing. However, the ground spoilers had not automatically deployed, and the airplane skipped and then began to bounce.
The LCA took control of the airplane and attempted to execute a go-around, but because the engines had previously been placed in reverse thrust for the continuation of landing, the thrust levers would not advance so he elected to land on the remaining runway.
Probable Cause:
Probable Cause: The nose high attitude on landing resulted in a tailstrike.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 297 days (10 months) | Accident number: | DCA22LA002 | Download report: | Summary report
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Classification:
Tailstrike
Runway mishap
Sources:
» NTSB
METAR Weather report:
21:53 UTC / 15:53 local time:
KDEN 272153Z 08011G17KT 10SM SCT100 SCT160 SCT220 32/M03 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP064 T0317103322:53 UTC / 16:53 local time:
KDEN 272253Z 10010KT 10SM FEW100 SCT160 SCT220 31/M03 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP066 T03061033
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line is connecting ADS-B datapoints from FlightAware.
Distance from Denver International Airport, CO to Newark-Liberty International Airport, NJ as the crow flies is 2559 km (1599 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.