<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1480596, September 2017

B767 crew reported a tail strike on landing due to a late flare and back pressure on the yoke during landing.

Attributes
ACN	1480596
Time
Date	201709
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model
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 Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach

Narrative:

After a normal approach; fully configured and stable by approximately 1;400 feet; at 400 [feet] pilot monitoring called a little slow (3kts) added a little power. A late flare/pulling too much resulted in a firm landing at normal landing attitude. After main gear on the ground aft yoke pressure resulted in the nose pitching up. No tail-strike indications in the HUD (head up display) or abnormal aircraft feel on de-rotation. On post flight; maintenance found tail strike indicator popped and a slight scrape of paint on tail skid. No damage to aircraft fuselage.did not adequately account for heavy aircraft; approximately 304;000 [lbs] and high pressure altitude. Late flare or pulling power too quickly resulted in a firm landing. Poor situational awareness immediately after landing lead to late recognition of nose pitch up after touchdown. I feel like a poor outside scan of horizon during flare and subsequent de-rotation allowed this to happen. Fixation on the HUD velocity vector resulted in poor outside scan of horizon.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767 crew reported a tail strike on landing due to a late flare and back pressure on the yoke during landing.

Narrative: After a normal approach; fully configured and stable by approximately 1;400 feet; at 400 [feet] pilot monitoring called a little slow (3kts) added a little power. A late flare/pulling too much resulted in a firm landing at normal landing attitude. After main gear on the ground aft yoke pressure resulted in the nose pitching up. No tail-strike indications in the HUD (Head Up Display) or abnormal aircraft feel on de-rotation. On post flight; maintenance found tail strike indicator popped and a slight scrape of paint on tail skid. No damage to aircraft fuselage.Did not adequately account for heavy aircraft; approximately 304;000 [lbs] and high pressure altitude. Late flare or pulling power too quickly resulted in a firm landing. Poor situational awareness immediately after landing lead to late recognition of nose pitch up after touchdown. I feel like a poor outside scan of horizon during flare and subsequent de-rotation allowed this to happen. Fixation on the HUD velocity vector resulted in poor outside scan of horizon.

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.