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B737-800 crew reported they operated an aircraft that had a tail strike prior to their flight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1422518 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201702 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-800 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft |
Narrative:
While on layover; I was notified that the aircraft flown by me on the previous day; ZZZ to ZZZ1; had shown a possible tail strike on the previous leg into ZZZ coming from ZZZ1. I did the walk around in ZZZ and did not note any tail strike damage. If anything I remember some oil type streaking on the belly; but did not note a compressed tail strut or damage. We departed ZZZ with a 26;000 motor and flaps 5. The first officer made a nice stable 30 flap landing in ZZZ1. Nothing abnormal was noted on the flight.I am not sure how much damage was showing so I'm not able to say if it was noticeable.perhaps if I had requested the belly to be cleaned up; I might have noticed the damage to the tail strut. I am hoping to see a picture of the damage when I get back to ZZZ so that I am better able know what it looks like.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737-800 Crew reported they operated an aircraft that had a tail strike prior to their flight.
Narrative: While on layover; I was notified that the aircraft flown by me on the previous day; ZZZ to ZZZ1; had shown a possible tail strike on the previous leg into ZZZ coming from ZZZ1. I did the walk around in ZZZ and did not note any tail strike damage. If anything I remember some oil type streaking on the belly; but did not note a compressed tail strut or damage. We departed ZZZ with a 26;000 motor and flaps 5. The First Officer made a nice stable 30 flap landing in ZZZ1. Nothing abnormal was noted on the flight.I am not sure how much damage was showing so I'm not able to say if it was noticeable.Perhaps if I had requested the belly to be cleaned up; I might have noticed the damage to the tail strut. I am hoping to see a picture of the damage when I get back to ZZZ so that I am better able know what it looks like.
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.