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| Title: | Tailstrike on landing, Airbus A320, C-GTDK |
| Micro summary: | Tailstrike involving this A320 on landing. |
| Event Time: | 2003-06-16 at 1339 UTC |
| File Name: | 2003-06-16-UK.pdf |
| Publishing Agency: | Aircraft Accident Investigation Board (AAIB) |
| Publishing Country: | United Kingdom |
| Report number: | EW/C2003/06/02 |
| Pages: | 9 |
| Site of event: | Landing, Runway 09, Bristol |
| Departure: | Corfu International Airport, "Ioannis Kapodistrias", Corfu, Greece |
| Destination: | Bristol International Airport, Bristol, England |
| Airplane Type(s): | Airbus A320 |
| Flight Phase: | Landing |
| Registration(s): | C-GTDK |
| Operator(s): | Skyservice Airlines |
| Type of flight: | Revenue |
| Occupants: | 185 |
| Fatalities: | 0 |
| Serious Injuries: | 0 |
| Minor/Non-Injured: | 185 |
| Other Injuries: | 0 |
| Executive Summary: | The aircraft and pilots were normally based in Canada but were operating for a six month period over the summer from Bristol Airport as part of a wet-lease agreement. The inexperienced co-pilot had been undergoing a protracted period of line training and had been rostered to fly on four consecutive days with the same line-training captain. They had agreed that should a suitable opportunity present itself, the co-pilot would practise flying the aircraft without the autopilot, autothrust and flight directors being engaged. On the third day the co-pilot flew an ILS approach to Runway 09 at Bristol with the aircraft configured in this condition. At touch down the aircraft bounced and on touching down a second time, the tail contacted the ground. |
| Learning Keywords: | Operations - Bounce |
| Operations - Tailstrike | |
| Consequence - Damage - Airframe or fuselage |
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