A Kalitta Air Boeing 777-300 freighter, registration N778CK performing flight K4-264 from Brussels (Belgium) to Cincinnati,KY (USA), touched down on Covington Airport's runway 36R at 19:52L (23:52Z) when the crew initiated and reported a go around. In the initial climb after the balked landing tower told them there had definitely been a tail strike on rotation. The aircraft climbed to 4000 feet, positioned for another approach to runway 36C and landed without further incident about 25 minutes after the go around.
The aircraft is still on the ground in Cincinnati about 33 hours after landing.
The FAA reported: "Kalitta Air Flight 264 landed safely at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport around 8:15 p.m. local time on Sunday, July 19, after the tail of the Boeing 777-300ER scraped the runway during a go-around. The flight departed from Brussels Airport in Belgium. The FAA will investigate."
Metars:
KCVG 200052Z 09008KT 6SM HZ FEW045 26/18 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP134 T02560183 $=
KCVG 192352Z 09008KT 6SM HZ SCT047 27/18 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP132 T02670183 10294 20267 53005 $=
KCVG 192252Z 07005KT 3SM HZ FEW045 FEW065 27/18 A2994 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 6 SLP128 T02720178 $=
KCVG 192152Z 08008KT 3SM HZ FEW040 SCT060 28/18 A2994 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 6 SLP126 T02780183 $=
KCVG 192052Z 3SM HZ FEW045 SCT060 29/18 A2994 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 6 SLP125 T02940178 58017 $=
KCVG 191952Z 35009KT 3SM HZ FEW040 28/18 A2995 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 5 SLP132 T02830183 $=
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/CKS264/history/20260719/1548Z/EBBR/KCVG
The tail strike:
The aircraft is still on the ground in Cincinnati about 33 hours after landing.
The FAA reported: "Kalitta Air Flight 264 landed safely at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport around 8:15 p.m. local time on Sunday, July 19, after the tail of the Boeing 777-300ER scraped the runway during a go-around. The flight departed from Brussels Airport in Belgium. The FAA will investigate."
Metars:
KCVG 200052Z 09008KT 6SM HZ FEW045 26/18 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP134 T02560183 $=
KCVG 192352Z 09008KT 6SM HZ SCT047 27/18 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP132 T02670183 10294 20267 53005 $=
KCVG 192252Z 07005KT 3SM HZ FEW045 FEW065 27/18 A2994 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 6 SLP128 T02720178 $=
KCVG 192152Z 08008KT 3SM HZ FEW040 SCT060 28/18 A2994 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 6 SLP126 T02780183 $=
KCVG 192052Z 3SM HZ FEW045 SCT060 29/18 A2994 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 6 SLP125 T02940178 58017 $=
KCVG 191952Z 35009KT 3SM HZ FEW040 28/18 A2995 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 5 SLP132 T02830183 $=
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/CKS264/history/20260719/1548Z/EBBR/KCVG
The tail strike:
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