2014-07-04 Air Via Airbus A320 tailstrike landing at Leipzig
Message
In clear weather and calm winds, the A320 failed to land within lengh of runway 08R and touched down hard short of the runway threshold.
The aircraft bounced and touched down for a second time at the very beginning of the runway (in the area of the ‚piano keys‘) in a nose-high attitude resulting in a tailstrike.
The landing run was completed normally nd the A320 taxied to the main apron without assistance. Nobody was injured.
Substantial damage occured to the aft fuselage and a longer repair is exptected.
OCCURENCE DATASET
Date: 2014-07-04 Time: 12:57:00
Location: EDDP LEJ Leipzig Halle
Country: Germany
Flight phase: LDG – Flare, Landing Roll, Aborted Landing after Touchdown
Damage to a/c: minor
Flight
Flight no.: VL 501
From: LBWN/VAR: Varna To: EDDP/LEJ: Leipzig Halle
Type: Passenger
Operator: Air VIA
Leased from: Unknown
Aircraft
Type: Airbus A320
Registration: LZ-MDB
Age a/c: 7,2 years
Constr. No.: 3125
Passengers
| Crew | Pax | Other | Total | |
| Occupants | – | – | ||
| Fatalities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Injuries | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Image & Information Sources
© J.-A. Richter | JACDEC
Abbreviations
AP = Airport / AL = Airlines / Avn = Aviation / AW = Airways / C/N: Construction Number / DSP = Domestic Scheduled Passenger / DNP = Domestic Non-Scheduled Passenger / DSC = Domestic Scheduled Cargo / DNC= Domestic Non-Scheduled Cargo / GND = On the ground / parked, stored / FMN= Flying Mission, Air Work / FRY = Ferry-, Positioning Flight / IMC = Intrument Meteorological (flying) Conditions / ISP = International Scheduled Passenger / ISC=International Scheduled Cargo / INP = International Non-Scheduled Passenger / INC =International Non-Scheduled Cargo/ OPS = Flight Operation(s) / NRV = Non-revenue, Private Flight / TRN =Training Flight / TST = Test & Certification Flight / VMC = Visual Meteorological (flying) Conditions