Date:	Thursday 11 September 2025
Time:	13:39
Type:	Airbus A321-271NY (XLR)
Owner/operator:	Wizz Air UK
Registration:	G-XLRA
MSN:	11631
Year of manufacture:	2025
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Minor
Category:	Serious incident
Location:	Praha-Václav Havel Airport (PRG/LKPR) -   Czechia
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	London-Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK)
Destination airport:	Praha-Václav Havel Airport (PRG/LKPR)
Investigating agency:	UZPLN
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
Wizz Air UK flight W95775, an Airbus A321neo XLR, suffered a tailstrike during landing on runway 24 at Prague (PRG).

The crew consisted of a captain, serving as pilot-in-command of the A321 type for the first time, and a first officer (PF) flying the type for the third time. The first officer had a total of 450 flight hours on the A320 Family.
The first officer, as pilot flying, was conducting an ILS approach to runway 24 at PRG.
From a height of 75 ft down to 30 ft RA, the descent rate increased from 480 fpm to 768 fpm. The flare was initiated at 25 ft, and touchdown occurred with a pitch attitude of 6°. The vertical load factor at touchdown was 2.54 g, and the radar altimeter recorded a brief altitude increase of 2 ft.
Spoilers were deployed, and the aircraft’s pitch attitude increased from 7.7° to a short-term maximum of 9.7° within 0.875 seconds, which is when the tailstrike occurred.

METAR LKPR 111200Z 20011KT 130V230 9999 SCT031 22/14 Q1011 NOSIG
METAR LKPR 111130Z 20010KT 150V220 9999 SCT027 20/14 Q1011 NOSIG

https://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-a321-11631.htm
https://zdopravy.cz/dalsi-nebezpecny-incident-na-ruzyni-novy-letoun-wizz-airu-se-pri-pristani-dotkl-ocasem-drahy-259263/
https://bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/serious-incident-to-the-airbus-a321-registered-g-xlra-operated-by-wizz-air-uk-on-11-09-2025-at-prague-ad/
https://uzpln.cz/pdf/202510201135-3Q2025_web.pdf

Aftermath of the Tail Strike https://t.co/zJIyKzpCnV pic.twitter.com/eVW3DMrkNs

— Fahad Naim (@Fahadnaimb) September 11, 2025

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
12-Sep-2025 10:46	NY	Added
12-Sep-2025 10:48	ASN	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative, Category, ]
12-Sep-2025 10:54	Anon.	Updated [Embed code, ]
19-Sep-2025 11:47	ASN	Updated [Source, Embed code, ]
20-Oct-2025 15:53	ASN	Updated [Source, Damage, Narrative, ]