Date:	Monday 14 October 2013
Time:	06:06
Type:	Airbus A340-312
Owner/operator:	Aerolineas Argentinas
Registration:	LV-CEK
MSN:	94
Year of manufacture:	1995
Engine model:	CFMI CFM56-5C3
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 316
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Minor, repaired
Category:	Incident
Location:	Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE/SAEZ) -   Argentina
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Rio de Janeiro/Galeão-Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport, RJ (GIG/SBGL)
Destination airport:	Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE/SAEZ)
Investigating agency:	JIAAC
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Aerolineas Argentinas flight AR1133, an Airbus A340-300, suffered a tailstrike during on landing runway 11 at Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE).

It was determined that during an automatic landing, the autopilot disconnected just during de-rotation causing a sudden pitch up and the tail of the aircraft contacting the runway due to the combination of following:
- an involuntary movement of the sidestick, that exceeded the threshold permitted for autopilot operation and thus caused the disconnection of the autopilot
- incorrect control inputs during de-rotation that did not lower the nose without delay when manual control became necessary following main gear touch down
- following touchdown and pitch up manual control inputs to limit the pitch attitude were not efficient and sufficiently accurate
- lack of verbal call outs like "Pitch" when the aircraft reached a high pitch attitude on the ground
- the maximum pitch attitude while on the ground was exceeded

These factors are attributable to the following root causes:

- Extension of crew duty time as set forth by current regulations could have created a situation of additional fatigue affecting the execution of the extensive procedure
- lack of experience in performing the autoland procedure in real situations, that could have caused the habit of raising the nose prior to touchdown or override the sidestick

Metars:
SAEZ 141000Z 18002KT 1500 R11/0400N MIFG BR NSC 14/13 Q1016
SAEZ 140900Z 15002KT 2000 R11/0600D MIFG BR NSC 14/13 Q1015
SAEZ 140800Z 18002KT 4900 R11/0600D MIFG BR SCT011 BKN200 14/13 Q1015

JIAAC
https://www.airfleets.es/ficheapp/plane-a340-94.htm

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
12-May-2024 14:50	Bandit	Added
12-May-2024 14:53	ASN	Updated [Total occupants, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative, Accident report, ]
12-May-2024 14:55	ASN	Updated [Narrative, ]