<< >> NASA ASRS Report 154817, August 1990

Widebody transport flight crew aborts takeoff due lack of aircraft control and nose high attitude resulting in tail strike.

Attributes
ACN	154817
Time
Date	199008
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dca
State Reference	DC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : hnl
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	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 : 160 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 120
ASRS Report	154817
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : rejected takeoff
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Widebody transport departed gate at 152600#. Had to use runway 18 for takeoff due to weight. As the copilot applied left rudder--no effect. The copilot tried nose wheel steering--no effect. I began to get on the controllers when the nose of the aircraft came straight up in the air. I pulled the thrust levers to idle and the nose gently lowered to the ground. (The nose came up high enough to scrape the drain mast on the underside of fuselage.) we returned to gate. Found this aircraft had been loaded out of aft cg limits.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WDB FLT CREW ABORTS TKOF DUE LACK OF ACFT CTL AND NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE RESULTING IN TAIL STRIKE.

Narrative: WDB DEPARTED GATE AT 152600#. HAD TO USE RWY 18 FOR TKOF DUE TO WT. AS THE COPLT APPLIED LEFT RUDDER--NO EFFECT. THE COPLT TRIED NOSE WHEEL STEERING--NO EFFECT. I BEGAN TO GET ON THE CTLRS WHEN THE NOSE OF THE ACFT CAME STRAIGHT UP IN THE AIR. I PULLED THE THRUST LEVERS TO IDLE AND THE NOSE GENTLY LOWERED TO THE GND. (THE NOSE CAME UP HIGH ENOUGH TO SCRAPE THE DRAIN MAST ON THE UNDERSIDE OF FUSELAGE.) WE RETURNED TO GATE. FOUND THIS ACFT HAD BEEN LOADED OUT OF AFT CG LIMITS.

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.