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Tail strike found on air carrier medium large transport in preflight inspection by outbound flight crew. Reported to maintenance. Previous flight crew blamed.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 202742 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199202 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pit |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : san |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 100 |
| ASRS Report | 202742 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Flight, feb/sun/92, phs-pit, I acted as PF. Takeoff was VMC with xwinds. Rotation and climb felt normal with light turbulence from surface through most of climb phase. En route normal. Landing pit was visual to runway 28R. Touchdown was at vref for flaps in use. Touchdown was firm as to produce a bounce. Remainder of landing and rollout was normal. No indications of fuselage contact with runway at takeoff or landing. Cabin crew reported nothing unusual. I was alerted mon/feb/92 by pit chief pilot that the aircraft involved in flight was damaged significantly in the aft lower fuselage area, as if by striking the runway during takeoff or landing. Proper procedures were used throughout the flight as well as v-spds. Weight and balance data in phx was transmitted via voice.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: TAIL STRIKE FOUND ON ACR MLG IN PREFLT INSPECTION BY OUTBOUND FLC. RPTED TO MAINT. PREVIOUS FLC BLAMED.
Narrative: FLT, FEB/SUN/92, PHS-PIT, I ACTED AS PF. TKOF WAS VMC WITH XWINDS. ROTATION AND CLB FELT NORMAL WITH LIGHT TURB FROM SURFACE THROUGH MOST OF CLB PHASE. ENRTE NORMAL. LNDG PIT WAS VISUAL TO RWY 28R. TOUCHDOWN WAS AT VREF FOR FLAPS IN USE. TOUCHDOWN WAS FIRM AS TO PRODUCE A BOUNCE. REMAINDER OF LNDG AND ROLLOUT WAS NORMAL. NO INDICATIONS OF FUSELAGE CONTACT WITH RWY AT TKOF OR LNDG. CABIN CREW RPTED NOTHING UNUSUAL. I WAS ALERTED MON/FEB/92 BY PIT CHIEF PLT THAT THE ACFT INVOLVED IN FLT WAS DAMAGED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE AFT LOWER FUSELAGE AREA, AS IF BY STRIKING THE RWY DURING TKOF OR LNDG. PROPER PROCS WERE USED THROUGHOUT THE FLT AS WELL AS V-SPDS. WT AND BAL DATA IN PHX WAS TRANSMITTED VIA VOICE.
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.