- In aviation, a
tailstrike or tail
strike occurs when the tail or
empennage of an
aircraft strikes the
ground or
other stationary object. This can happen...
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failure was
caused by a
faulty repair by
Boeing technicians following a
tailstrike seven years earlier. When the
faulty repair eventually failed, it resulted...
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caused by
metal fatigue cracks resulting from
improper repairs after a
tailstrike to the
aircraft 22
years earlier. This
accident is
similar to ****an Air...
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while operating Middle East
Airlines Flight 304, the
aircraft suffered a
tailstrike while landing in Cairo, Egypt. The
damage was severe.
Within three months...
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which the gear will be retracted.
Early or over-rotation can
cause a
tailstrike,
which can
damage the
underside of the tail
unless prevented by a protection...
- A321neo prototype, D-AVXB,
first flew on 9
February 2016. It
suffered a
tailstrike three days
later and was
flown to
Toulouse for repairs,
delaying the certification...
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Dynamic stall,
Vortex ring state,
Servo transparency, Mast bumping, and
Tailstrike.
Because the main
rotor is
vital to
keeping a
helicopter in the air, any...
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returned to the
airport at 23:36
without further incident.
Despite having tailstrike protection built into the A340-500, the rear
pressure bulkhead and the...
- the
capacity to 188 p****engers, and
requiring a tail
bumper to
prevent tailstrikes during take-off and a
strengthened wing spar. The -400s
first flight...
- from
Auckland International Airport to
Changi Airport was
involved in a
tailstrike while taking off from Auckland's
Runway 23L,
causing severe damage to...
