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An air carrier medium large transport scraped a thrust reverser door on the runway in a crosswind landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 241953 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199305 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lbb |
| State Reference | TX |
| 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 | 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 : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 15500 flight time type : 2800 |
| ASRS Report | 241953 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 241729 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| 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, prior to touchdown, we had a 10 KT crosswind from the right. As is normal, I lowered the right wing and added left rudder for alignment. Everything was stable but touchdown was firm. I began forward pressure on yoke to start the nose down, and deployed the thrust reversers. Taxi in was uneventful. On post-flight walk around, noticed that the right thrust reverser door had scraped the runway. Maintenance was notified. I suspect the crosswind landing and possible high landing attitude caused the right engine to be closer to the ground than normal and therefore I needed to have lowered the nose more than normal. Supplemental information from acn 241729: I did the walk around and noticed the right thrust reverser had a scrape mark underneath the engine. I recommend that the nosewheel be on the ground before the thrust reversers are deployed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR MLG SCRAPED A THRUST REVERSER DOOR ON THE RWY IN A XWIND LNDG.
Narrative: DURING LNDG, PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, WE HAD A 10 KT XWIND FROM THE R. AS IS NORMAL, I LOWERED THE R WING AND ADDED L RUDDER FOR ALIGNMENT. EVERYTHING WAS STABLE BUT TOUCHDOWN WAS FIRM. I BEGAN FORWARD PRESSURE ON YOKE TO START THE NOSE DOWN, AND DEPLOYED THE THRUST REVERSERS. TAXI IN WAS UNEVENTFUL. ON POST-FLT WALK AROUND, NOTICED THAT THE R THRUST REVERSER DOOR HAD SCRAPED THE RWY. MAINT WAS NOTIFIED. I SUSPECT THE XWIND LNDG AND POSSIBLE HIGH LNDG ATTITUDE CAUSED THE R ENG TO BE CLOSER TO THE GND THAN NORMAL AND THEREFORE I NEEDED TO HAVE LOWERED THE NOSE MORE THAN NORMAL. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 241729: I DID THE WALK AROUND AND NOTICED THE R THRUST REVERSER HAD A SCRAPE MARK UNDERNEATH THE ENG. I RECOMMEND THAT THE NOSEWHEEL BE ON THE GND BEFORE THE THRUST REVERSERS ARE DEPLOYED.
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.