Narrative:

I performed walk-around of aircraft in bwi. Tail skid had a small scrape on it and about 3' of green stripe showing which is normal. I landed at mco. Flared during landing to about 5 degrees. Aircraft ballooned slightly. We touched down about 1200-1400' down runway. Landing considered normal by myself and the first officer. After deplaning to pick up another aircraft, I was told that the aircraft we brought in had scrape marks on the belly and drain mast ahead of the tail skid. I went to look at the aircraft and it appeared the belly had, at some time, been scraped, but the tail skid looked about like it did in bwi with still abort 3' of green strip showing, which is normal and airworthy, supposedly. The tail skid is there to protect the belly. The belly was damaged, but the tail skid wasn't. The first officer and I discussed the damage to the aircraft and both agreed that takeoff at bwi was normal, with a smooth slow rotation, and lift-off was V2 + 10-15 KTS, and the landing at mco was normal, with nothing unusual heard or felt concerning the aircraft. The wind on landing was given as 160 degrees at 7 KTS for runway 17L. The wind at about 300-1000' was 13-20 KTS. No noticeable wind shear was encountered. The landing was smooth. Flaps 40 were used for landing, with a 133 KT bug speed. Bug +5 to 10 was carried to the flare. When preflting an medium large transport and the green stripe, which is there to show compression and how much of tail skid, is still showing green (there is a red line also), everything is considered normal, even though there may be a scrape on the bottom of the tail skid. May want to check tail skids on medium large transport for correct location.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT BELLY APPARENTLY DAMAGED BY GND CONTACT, BUT ACFT TAIL SKID OK. UNABLE CALLBACK EITHER REPORTER.

Narrative: I PERFORMED WALK-AROUND OF ACFT IN BWI. TAIL SKID HAD A SMALL SCRAPE ON IT AND ABOUT 3' OF GREEN STRIPE SHOWING WHICH IS NORMAL. I LANDED AT MCO. FLARED DURING LNDG TO ABOUT 5 DEGS. ACFT BALLOONED SLIGHTLY. WE TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 1200-1400' DOWN RWY. LNDG CONSIDERED NORMAL BY MYSELF AND THE F/O. AFTER DEPLANING TO PICK UP ANOTHER ACFT, I WAS TOLD THAT THE ACFT WE BROUGHT IN HAD SCRAPE MARKS ON THE BELLY AND DRAIN MAST AHEAD OF THE TAIL SKID. I WENT TO LOOK AT THE ACFT AND IT APPEARED THE BELLY HAD, AT SOME TIME, BEEN SCRAPED, BUT THE TAIL SKID LOOKED ABOUT LIKE IT DID IN BWI WITH STILL ABORT 3' OF GREEN STRIP SHOWING, WHICH IS NORMAL AND AIRWORTHY, SUPPOSEDLY. THE TAIL SKID IS THERE TO PROTECT THE BELLY. THE BELLY WAS DAMAGED, BUT THE TAIL SKID WASN'T. THE F/O AND I DISCUSSED THE DAMAGE TO THE ACFT AND BOTH AGREED THAT TKOF AT BWI WAS NORMAL, WITH A SMOOTH SLOW ROTATION, AND LIFT-OFF WAS V2 + 10-15 KTS, AND THE LNDG AT MCO WAS NORMAL, WITH NOTHING UNUSUAL HEARD OR FELT CONCERNING THE ACFT. THE WIND ON LNDG WAS GIVEN AS 160 DEGS AT 7 KTS FOR RWY 17L. THE WIND AT ABOUT 300-1000' WAS 13-20 KTS. NO NOTICEABLE WIND SHEAR WAS ENCOUNTERED. THE LNDG WAS SMOOTH. FLAPS 40 WERE USED FOR LNDG, WITH A 133 KT BUG SPD. BUG +5 TO 10 WAS CARRIED TO THE FLARE. WHEN PREFLTING AN MLG AND THE GREEN STRIPE, WHICH IS THERE TO SHOW COMPRESSION AND HOW MUCH OF TAIL SKID, IS STILL SHOWING GREEN (THERE IS A RED LINE ALSO), EVERYTHING IS CONSIDERED NORMAL, EVEN THOUGH THERE MAY BE A SCRAPE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE TAIL SKID. MAY WANT TO CHK TAIL SKIDS ON MLG FOR CORRECT LOCATION.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.