Tailstrike Incident Boeing 737-823 (WL) N901NN , Friday 29 September 2017
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Date:Friday 29 September 2017
Time:20:36 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic B738 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing 737-823 (WL)
Owner/operator:American Airlines
Registration: N901NN
MSN: 33226/4155
Year of manufacture:2012
Engine model:CFMI CFM56-7B
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, TX (DFW/KDFW) -   United States of America
Phase: Take off
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, TX (DFW/KDFW)
Destination airport:Washington-Ronald Reagan National Airport, DC (DCA/KDCA)
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
American Airlines flight AA2293, a Boeing 737-800, suffered a tail strike during takeoff from runway 35L at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Texas, USA.
The aircraft turned back immediately and landed safely on runway 35R at 20:57 hours, 11 minutes after takeoff.

The aircraft was back in service 16 hours after the incident.

Sources:

[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:96:17333740870819::::P96_ENTRY_DATE,P96_MAKE_NAME,P96_FATAL_FLG:02-OCT-17,BOEING]
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL2293/history/20170930/0115Z/KDFW/KDFW

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Revision history:

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