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B737 flight crew reported they experienced a tail strike during what seemed to be a normal landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1100627 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201307 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | RSW.Airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft |
Narrative:
Upon landing; pitch seemed normal; less than 9 degrees. Felt wheels make contact with runway then felt a bump and I stated to the first officer we must have hit something. I held the nose off of the runway for a smooth nose wheel touchdown. Leaving [the] runway; I called for flaps up and taxied to the gate. Flight attendant position C told me that a passenger heard a metal sound upon landing. Upon the walk around; I found damage to the bottom of the aircraft; forward of the tail skid. The tail skid was not damaged at all. I wrote in the aircraft logbook that we experienced a tail strike. I contacted dispatch and maintenance and informed them of the damage. I then contacted the chief pilot's office and reported the event.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 flight crew reported they experienced a tail strike during what seemed to be a normal landing.
Narrative: Upon landing; pitch seemed normal; less than 9 degrees. Felt wheels make contact with runway then felt a bump and I stated to the F/O we must have hit something. I held the nose off of the runway for a smooth nose wheel touchdown. Leaving [the] runway; I called for flaps up and taxied to the gate. Flight Attendant position C told me that a passenger heard a metal sound upon landing. Upon the walk around; I found damage to the bottom of the aircraft; forward of the tail skid. The tail skid was not damaged at all. I wrote in the aircraft logbook that we experienced a tail strike. I contacted Dispatch and Maintenance and informed them of the damage. I then contacted the Chief Pilot's office and reported the event.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.