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Air carrier widebody transport tail skid struck runway during landing rollout causing only minor skin damage.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 241819 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199305 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : gla |
| 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 |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 400 |
| ASRS Report | 241819 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
During landing, after touchdown, gla tower reported possible tail skid contact with runway. This was surprising to us. Automatic brakes were set at 2. Automatic spoilers were used. I did not use trim in this flare to arrest descent rate. Trim setting was set at 7 units up after landing. Approach was stable. Touchdown was smooth. There was a slight nose up pitch after touchdown. Flight attendants in rear of aircraft did not report anything abnormal during landing or rollout. Felt as though automatic brakes were slow to engage with braking action. Subsequent flight reported automatic brakes failed to engage at all. Post-flight revealed paint missing from tail skid pad. Pad was still intact. No damage was found by maintenance inspection. Aircraft was immediately returned to service. Requested that loading of aircraft be confirmed during off loading. Some discrepancies found. Filled out logbook and appropriate company forms. The normal nose up pitch caused by automatic spoiler deployment was not counter balanced by normal automatic brake engagement which possibly resulted in tail skid contact with the runway.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR WDB TAIL SKID STRUCK RWY DURING LNDG ROLLOUT CAUSING ONLY MINOR SKIN DAMAGE.
Narrative: DURING LNDG, AFTER TOUCHDOWN, GLA TWR RPTED POSSIBLE TAIL SKID CONTACT WITH RWY. THIS WAS SURPRISING TO US. AUTO BRAKES WERE SET AT 2. AUTO SPOILERS WERE USED. I DID NOT USE TRIM IN THIS FLARE TO ARREST DSCNT RATE. TRIM SETTING WAS SET AT 7 UNITS UP AFTER LNDG. APCH WAS STABLE. TOUCHDOWN WAS SMOOTH. THERE WAS A SLIGHT NOSE UP PITCH AFTER TOUCHDOWN. FLT ATTENDANTS IN REAR OF ACFT DID NOT RPT ANYTHING ABNORMAL DURING LNDG OR ROLLOUT. FELT AS THOUGH AUTO BRAKES WERE SLOW TO ENGAGE WITH BRAKING ACTION. SUBSEQUENT FLT RPTED AUTO BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE AT ALL. POST-FLT REVEALED PAINT MISSING FROM TAIL SKID PAD. PAD WAS STILL INTACT. NO DAMAGE WAS FOUND BY MAINT INSPECTION. ACFT WAS IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO SVC. REQUESTED THAT LOADING OF ACFT BE CONFIRMED DURING OFF LOADING. SOME DISCREPANCIES FOUND. FILLED OUT LOGBOOK AND APPROPRIATE COMPANY FORMS. THE NORMAL NOSE UP PITCH CAUSED BY AUTO SPOILER DEPLOYMENT WAS NOT COUNTER BALANCED BY NORMAL AUTO BRAKE ENGAGEMENT WHICH POSSIBLY RESULTED IN TAIL SKID CONTACT WITH THE RWY.
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.