DL1181 - Accident: Delta A321 at New York on Jul 14th 2026

A Delta Airlines Airbus A321-200, registration N382DN performing flight DL-1181 from Fort Lauderdale,FL to New York La Guardia,NY (USA) with 188 passengers and 6 crew, was on short final to La Guardia's runway 22 when the crew initiated a go around, however, the aircraft's tail contacted the runway surface. The aircraft climbed to 4000 feet, positioned for another approach and landed on runway 22 without further incident about 13 minutes after the go around. There were no injuries, the aircraft sustained substantial damage.

The NTSB opened an investigation into the occurrence rated an accident. On Jul 29th 2026 the NTSB released brief information into the class 4 investigation (limited in scope, shortest duration).