<< >> NASA ASRS Report 272752, May 1994

Captain of air carrier medium large transport (MD80) struck the engine reversers during landing roll due to an excessive nose high pitch attitude during landing touchdown.

Attributes
ACN	272752
Time
Date	199405
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mco
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
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 : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 180
ASRS Report	272752
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Captain was flying night visual approach runway 36R in mco. He got slow just prior to touchdown, increased the altitude, touched down firm and immediately deployed the thrust reversers causing them to contact runway. If I had been more alert as to the aircraft's altitude, I might have given him a call.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CAPT OF ACR MLG (MD80) STRUCK THE ENG REVERSERS DURING LNDG ROLL DUE TO AN EXCESSIVE NOSE HIGH PITCH ATTITUDE DURING LNDG TOUCHDOWN.

Narrative: CAPT WAS FLYING NIGHT VISUAL APCH RWY 36R IN MCO. HE GOT SLOW JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, INCREASED THE ALT, TOUCHED DOWN FIRM AND IMMEDIATELY DEPLOYED THE THRUST REVERSERS CAUSING THEM TO CONTACT RWY. IF I HAD BEEN MORE ALERT AS TO THE ACFT'S ALT, I MIGHT HAVE GIVEN HIM A CALL.

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.