Tail strike not entered in logbook.

Attributes
ACN	281921
Time
Date	199409
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : stl
State Reference	MO
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	Commercial Fixed Wing
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 : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 190 flight time total : 4500 flight time type : 750
ASRS Report	281921
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far 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:

Upon landing the captain pitched the aircraft to such an altitude that the tail struck the runway. The strike resulted in damage to the tail section. On postflt walk around this damage was discovered and I reported it to the captain. He mentioned that he would speak with maintenance and 'take care of the problem.' it was later discovered by the company that this problem was never written up in the maintenance logbook as it should have been. Even though it is not my responsibility to write maintenance items up, I should have been more certain that the captain was going to write this item up.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TAIL STRIKE NOT ENTERED IN LOGBOOK.

Narrative: UPON LNDG THE CAPT PITCHED THE ACFT TO SUCH AN ALT THAT THE TAIL STRUCK THE RWY. THE STRIKE RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE TAIL SECTION. ON POSTFLT WALK AROUND THIS DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED AND I RPTED IT TO THE CAPT. HE MENTIONED THAT HE WOULD SPEAK WITH MAINT AND 'TAKE CARE OF THE PROB.' IT WAS LATER DISCOVERED BY THE COMPANY THAT THIS PROB WAS NEVER WRITTEN UP IN THE MAINT LOGBOOK AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT MY RESPONSIBILITY TO WRITE MAINT ITEMS UP, I SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE CERTAIN THAT THE CAPT WAS GOING TO WRITE THIS ITEM UP.

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.