Tail strike on takeoff.

Attributes
ACN	302276
Time
Date	199504
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sna
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Route In Use	departure : noise abatement departure other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 210
ASRS Report	302276
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 21200 flight time type : 15200
ASRS Report	302597
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe conflict : ground critical non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Flight from sna-tus-iah. On takeoff out of sna, an excessive amount of trim had to be used for nose down. Upon landing in tus, the captain made the walkaround and did not find any abnormality. This was a short turn and a full load of people were boarding. The flight attendants made a comment to the first officer about how they dislike the sna departures and thought they heard a bump on takeoff. I was not aware of this until pushback. We did not feel any bump or strike during takeoff. After a discussion with the first officer between tus and iah, I decided to do another inspection in iah. I checked the most likely spot which was the drain mast and found it to be slightly damaged. This was not noticed on walkaround in tus. Checklist was used and trim was set before takeoff in sna. Supplemental information from acn 302597: the FAA condones extraordinary measures to be taken at this particular airport for the purpose of noise abatement. The company places too much emphasis on not exceeding the noise limitations. All extraordinary noise abatement measures other than the normal, safe, quiet operation of the aircraft should be abolished forthwith, sna in particular.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TAIL STRIKE ON TKOF.

Narrative: FLT FROM SNA-TUS-IAH. ON TKOF OUT OF SNA, AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF TRIM HAD TO BE USED FOR NOSE DOWN. UPON LNDG IN TUS, THE CAPT MADE THE WALKAROUND AND DID NOT FIND ANY ABNORMALITY. THIS WAS A SHORT TURN AND A FULL LOAD OF PEOPLE WERE BOARDING. THE FLT ATTENDANTS MADE A COMMENT TO THE FO ABOUT HOW THEY DISLIKE THE SNA DEPS AND THOUGHT THEY HEARD A BUMP ON TKOF. I WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS UNTIL PUSHBACK. WE DID NOT FEEL ANY BUMP OR STRIKE DURING TKOF. AFTER A DISCUSSION WITH THE FO BTWN TUS AND IAH, I DECIDED TO DO ANOTHER INSPECTION IN IAH. I CHKED THE MOST LIKELY SPOT WHICH WAS THE DRAIN MAST AND FOUND IT TO BE SLIGHTLY DAMAGED. THIS WAS NOT NOTICED ON WALKAROUND IN TUS. CHKLIST WAS USED AND TRIM WAS SET BEFORE TKOF IN SNA. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 302597: THE FAA CONDONES EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES TO BE TAKEN AT THIS PARTICULAR ARPT FOR THE PURPOSE OF NOISE ABATEMENT. THE COMPANY PLACES TOO MUCH EMPHASIS ON NOT EXCEEDING THE NOISE LIMITATIONS. ALL EXTRAORDINARY NOISE ABATEMENT MEASURES OTHER THAN THE NORMAL, SAFE, QUIET OP OF THE ACFT SHOULD BE ABOLISHED FORTHWITH, SNA IN PARTICULAR.

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.