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During normal rotation for takeoff aircraft suffered tail strike after encounter with strong downdraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 110489 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198905 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : clt |
| State Reference | NC |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 174 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 1500 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Normal liftoff/rotation at clt felt bump. Inspection by maintenance at orf found tail strike damage. Used flaps one takeoff on medium large transport in wind conditions of low level turbulence. (Strong crosswind with gusts 20-30.) at rotation and liftoff strong downdraft caused tail strike. Feel with marginal clearance of tail from runway, under these conditions flap one takeoffs should be prohibited.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DURING NORMAL ROTATION FOR TKOF ACFT SUFFERED TAIL STRIKE AFTER ENCOUNTER WITH STRONG DOWNDRAFT.
Narrative: NORMAL LIFTOFF/ROTATION AT CLT FELT BUMP. INSPECTION BY MAINT AT ORF FOUND TAIL STRIKE DAMAGE. USED FLAPS ONE TAKEOFF ON MLG IN WIND CONDITIONS OF LOW LEVEL TURBULENCE. (STRONG XWIND WITH GUSTS 20-30.) AT ROTATION AND LIFTOFF STRONG DOWNDRAFT CAUSED TAIL STRIKE. FEEL WITH MARGINAL CLRNC OF TAIL FROM RWY, UNDER THESE CONDITIONS FLAP ONE TAKEOFFS SHOULD BE PROHIBITED.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.