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| Date: | Monday 26 August 2019 |
| Time: | 15:42 |
| Type: |  ATR 72-600 (72-212A) |
| Owner/operator: | Iran Air |
| Registration: | EP-ITD |
| MSN: | 1391 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2016 |
| Engine model: | P&W Canada PW127 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 71 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII) -
 Iran
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Rasht Airport (RAS/OIGG) |
| Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB Iran |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Iran Air flight IR3332, an ATR 72-600 (72-212A), suffered a tail strike on landing at Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII).
The approach was stabilized until the nose dropped. In the ensuing recovery maneuver, the tail struck the runway.
Causes:
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Board determines the probable cause(s) of this incident to be: excessive pitch-up of the airplane while landing with a tailwind by dual input orders of pilots, which resulted in a tail strike following a bounced landing. The human error arose from the dual input control column on opposite orders, which occurred from altitude of 15 ft. from the runway.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.cao.ir/web/english/investigation-reports?p_p_id=NetFormGetFile_WAR_NetForm&p_p_lifecycle=2&p_p_resource_id=getFile&_NetFormGetFile_WAR_NetForm_file=Rk5FeDNtTjJYSTBZV3lFSnZERDNRSjVCQXZKSzl2RGtZVlBDNnVFV0d2d3Jaek1HK3FSY1ptTUF5KzdsUjluQnJGcFNiWGZiOEdNLwo3SFhIRk1zUm9RPT0=.pdf
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/9209572 (photo)
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Aug-2019 19:58 | harro | Added |
| 27-Aug-2019 23:25 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-May-2023 19:46 | harro | Updated |
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