First officer of air carrier widebody transport aircraft made hard landing causing aircraft damage.

Attributes
ACN	224852
Time
Date	199210
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sbgr
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, 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 : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 190 flight time total : 15806 flight time type : 590
ASRS Report	224852
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 195 flight time total : 5200 flight time type : 360
ASRS Report	224757
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : investigated other Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Flight mia gru (air carrier widebody transport flight number tue) 10/92 all aspects normal/or routine until nose gear touchdown. First officer landing. He pushed nose over after main gear skip touchdown. Fuselage damaged across the top. Off station. Oct mia gru NTSB has cockpit recorder and fdr. Left 10 KT crosswind during landing. Fdr says highest 'G' spike 1.376's should airframe fail? Captain me, helpless at that point of landing. First officer's landing at that point nothing I could do to stop firm nose ground touchdown. First officer had 390 hours that's about 20 lndgs do long range segments. This disproves old adage a good approach makes a good landing. Supplemental information from acn 224757. After main gear touchdown, lowered nose of aircraft. Felt nose gear contact with runway and applied forward pressure to yoke because of crosswind condition on landing. Nose abruptly fell and heard loud bang. Dropped 2 sets of oxygen masks and 1 video camera from ceiling. Aft entry door EICAS message was also displayed on EICAS screen. Taxi in normal. On long taxi noticed wind shifting from direct crosswind from left to direct tailwind.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FO OF ACR WDB ACFT MADE HARD LNDG CAUSING ACFT DAMAGE.

Narrative: FLT MIA GRU (ACR WDB FLT NUMBER TUE) 10/92 ALL ASPECTS NORMAL/OR ROUTINE UNTIL NOSE GEAR TOUCHDOWN. FO LNDG. HE PUSHED NOSE OVER AFTER MAIN GEAR SKIP TOUCHDOWN. FUSELAGE DAMAGED ACROSS THE TOP. OFF STATION. OCT MIA GRU NTSB HAS COCKPIT RECORDER AND FDR. L 10 KT XWIND DURING LNDG. FDR SAYS HIGHEST 'G' SPIKE 1.376'S SHOULD AIRFRAME FAIL? CAPT ME, HELPLESS AT THAT POINT OF LNDG. FO'S LNDG AT THAT POINT NOTHING I COULD DO TO STOP FIRM NOSE GND TOUCHDOWN. FO HAD 390 HRS THAT'S ABOUT 20 LNDGS DO LONG RANGE SEGMENTS. THIS DISPROVES OLD ADAGE A GOOD APCH MAKES A GOOD LNDG. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 224757. AFTER MAIN GEAR TOUCHDOWN, LOWERED NOSE OF ACFT. FELT NOSE GEAR CONTACT WITH RWY AND APPLIED FORWARD PRESSURE TO YOKE BECAUSE OF XWIND CONDITION ON LNDG. NOSE ABRUPTLY FELL AND HEARD LOUD BANG. DROPPED 2 SETS OF OXYGEN MASKS AND 1 VIDEO CAMERA FROM CEILING. AFT ENTRY DOOR EICAS MESSAGE WAS ALSO DISPLAYED ON EICAS SCREEN. TAXI IN NORMAL. ON LONG TAXI NOTICED WIND SHIFTING FROM DIRECT XWIND FROM L TO DIRECT TAILWIND.

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.