B767 flight crew reports a hard landing and a tail strike with the first officer flying; after a nin...

Attributes
ACN	1306899
Time
Date	201510
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ORD.Airport
State Reference	IL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	STAR WYNDE7
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 146 Flight Crew Total 10010 Flight Crew Type 3057
Person 2
Function	Relief Pilot Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 32 Flight Crew Type 217
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft

Narrative:

Landing at ord on runway 28C we experienced a hard landing which resulted in a tail strike. The approach was being flown by a very experienced first officer who I have flown with many times. The approach was a stabilized hand flown approach in VMC conditions. There were no indications or factors that foretold that this would be anything other than a normal landing up until the flair. The pitch attitude at touchdown was towards the high side; but not excessive. The rate of descent did not decrease as much as expected by the flair which resulted in a higher than normal rate of descent at touchdown. As the struts compressed; the tailskid made contact with the runway. We only suspected that a tail strike took place because of a comment made by a flight attendant sitting in the aft of the aircraft. That comment caused us to inspect the tailskid pad at the arrival gate and revealed that the pad indicated that it had contacted the runway. The tail strike resulted from a combination of rate of descent; main gear strut charge towards the low side reducing clearance; and pitch attitude. This incident occurred after a flight duty period of 10:26 and a flight time of 8:56; completing a 5 day international pairing. Maintenance; dispatch; and duty manager were all verbally notified and all required reports filed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767 flight crew reports a hard landing and a tail strike with the First Officer flying; after a nine hour flight from Europe.

Narrative: Landing at ORD on runway 28C we experienced a hard landing which resulted in a tail strike. The approach was being flown by a very experienced First Officer who I have flown with many times. The approach was a stabilized hand flown approach in VMC conditions. There were no indications or factors that foretold that this would be anything other than a normal landing up until the flair. The pitch attitude at touchdown was towards the high side; but not excessive. The rate of descent did not decrease as much as expected by the flair which resulted in a higher than normal rate of descent at touchdown. As the struts compressed; the tailskid made contact with the runway. We only suspected that a tail strike took place because of a comment made by a flight attendant sitting in the aft of the aircraft. That comment caused us to inspect the tailskid pad at the arrival gate and revealed that the pad indicated that it had contacted the runway. The tail strike resulted from a combination of rate of descent; main gear strut charge towards the low side reducing clearance; and pitch attitude. This incident occurred after a flight duty period of 10:26 and a flight time of 8:56; completing a 5 day international pairing. Maintenance; dispatch; and duty manager were all verbally notified and all required reports filed.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

B767 flight crew reports a hard landing and a tail strike with the first officer flying; after a nine hour flight from europe.