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Hit tail skid on landing rollout. Reporter captain and first officer say that the aircraft was stabilized on speed and profile and winds calm. A 4 engine turboprop landed just ahead and rptrs surmise a bubble of air caught their aircraft and caused a slight float which resulted in hitting the tail skid.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 342320 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199607 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lhr |
| State Reference | FO |
| 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 | B767-300 and 300 ER |
| 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 : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 165 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 342320 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 8500 flight time type : 2500 |
| ASRS Report | 342453 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | 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 | other |
Narrative:
After landing at lhr (egu), london-heathrow, and before lowering the nose gear, the tail skid lights illuminated on the EICAS forward panel and the landing gear panel. Landing was normal on speed for 30 degree flaps, 280000 pounds, reference 13645=141. ATIS information was calm winds, cavok, 17 degrees C and runway 27R. Final descent checklist completed by 1200 ft AGL. We were cleared to land at 240 ft AGL behind a high wing 4 engine turboprop who was told to expedite. The speed brake deployed normally but just before lowering the nose gear the aircraft floated momentarily and the tail skid lights illuminated, then nose gear contact and reverse thrust plus automatic brakes on level #1. Possible cause: a bubble of air or disturbance from the high wing turboprop either reversing or adding power to expedite off of runway 27R. Other than that the landing was normal, not rushed in any way, on speed, on glide path and centerline, hand flown from at least 2500 ft AGL.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: HIT TAIL SKID ON LNDG ROLLOUT. RPTR CAPT AND FO SAY THAT THE ACFT WAS STABILIZED ON SPD AND PROFILE AND WINDS CALM. A 4 ENG TURBOPROP LANDED JUST AHEAD AND RPTRS SURMISE A BUBBLE OF AIR CAUGHT THEIR ACFT AND CAUSED A SLIGHT FLOAT WHICH RESULTED IN HITTING THE TAIL SKID.
Narrative: AFTER LNDG AT LHR (EGU), LONDON-HEATHROW, AND BEFORE LOWERING THE NOSE GEAR, THE TAIL SKID LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE EICAS FORWARD PANEL AND THE LNDG GEAR PANEL. LNDG WAS NORMAL ON SPD FOR 30 DEG FLAPS, 280000 LBS, REF 13645=141. ATIS INFO WAS CALM WINDS, CAVOK, 17 DEGS C AND RWY 27R. FINAL DSCNT CHKLIST COMPLETED BY 1200 FT AGL. WE WERE CLRED TO LAND AT 240 FT AGL BEHIND A HIGH WING 4 ENG TURBOPROP WHO WAS TOLD TO EXPEDITE. THE SPD BRAKE DEPLOYED NORMALLY BUT JUST BEFORE LOWERING THE NOSE GEAR THE ACFT FLOATED MOMENTARILY AND THE TAIL SKID LIGHTS ILLUMINATED, THEN NOSE GEAR CONTACT AND REVERSE THRUST PLUS AUTO BRAKES ON LEVEL #1. POSSIBLE CAUSE: A BUBBLE OF AIR OR DISTURBANCE FROM THE HIGH WING TURBOPROP EITHER REVERSING OR ADDING PWR TO EXPEDITE OFF OF RWY 27R. OTHER THAN THAT THE LNDG WAS NORMAL, NOT RUSHED IN ANY WAY, ON SPD, ON GLIDE PATH AND CTRLINE, HAND FLOWN FROM AT LEAST 2500 FT AGL.
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.