B-727 in a hard landing and suffers a tail strike.

Attributes
ACN	298830
Time
Date	199503
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dvx
State Reference	CO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 100
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 220
ASRS Report	298830
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 75 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 600
ASRS Report	298518
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter other other anomaly other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Weather
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Sudden loss of airspeed during round-out resulted in hard landing and tail skid strike. Suspect wind shear as the culprit in the loss of airspeed as all landing parameters were being met: on airspeed, engines spooled. Perhaps with more experience the landing could have been salvaged but that's just speculation.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B-727 IN A HARD LNDG AND SUFFERS A TAIL STRIKE.

Narrative: SUDDEN LOSS OF AIRSPD DURING ROUND-OUT RESULTED IN HARD LNDG AND TAIL SKID STRIKE. SUSPECT WIND SHEAR AS THE CULPRIT IN THE LOSS OF AIRSPD AS ALL LNDG PARAMETERS WERE BEING MET: ON AIRSPD, ENGS SPOOLED. PERHAPS WITH MORE EXPERIENCE THE LNDG COULD HAVE BEEN SALVAGED BUT THAT'S JUST SPECULATION.

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.