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B757 landing mia with strong gusty winds has the nose pitch up. During the go around they had a tail strike.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 366040 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199704 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mia |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 20 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : mia |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | landing : go around landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| ASRS Report | 366040 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 366041 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical non adherence : published procedure other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
On approach for runway 9R at mia, heard winds were 180 degrees at 18 KTS gusting to 24 KTS. First officer elected to use 25 degree flaps and add 15 KTS to vref of 129 KTS. Had significant crab on final. Wind check revealed same winds. (Captain noted he saw almost direct 20 KT tailwind at 1000 ft on final on wind arrow.) automatic spoilers were selected. After a normal on-speed and smooth touchdown, spoilers deployed. First officer noticed nose not coming down normally and began adding forward yoke. Then noticed after apparent gust that we were in the air. First officer started to add power to prevent a possible hard second touchdown, then noticed we were going further in the air. First officer initiated a go around and added full power. Captain also reached for and assisted in adding full power. Normal go around and 30 degree flap landing was accomplished. While airborne, flight attendant advised that they heard a noise on the first touchdown. Suspected a tailstrike, confirmed by a postflt inspection.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B757 LNDG MIA WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS HAS THE NOSE PITCH UP. DURING THE GAR THEY HAD A TAIL STRIKE.
Narrative: ON APCH FOR RWY 9R AT MIA, HEARD WINDS WERE 180 DEGS AT 18 KTS GUSTING TO 24 KTS. FO ELECTED TO USE 25 DEG FLAPS AND ADD 15 KTS TO VREF OF 129 KTS. HAD SIGNIFICANT CRAB ON FINAL. WIND CHK REVEALED SAME WINDS. (CAPT NOTED HE SAW ALMOST DIRECT 20 KT TAILWIND AT 1000 FT ON FINAL ON WIND ARROW.) AUTO SPOILERS WERE SELECTED. AFTER A NORMAL ON-SPD AND SMOOTH TOUCHDOWN, SPOILERS DEPLOYED. FO NOTICED NOSE NOT COMING DOWN NORMALLY AND BEGAN ADDING FORWARD YOKE. THEN NOTICED AFTER APPARENT GUST THAT WE WERE IN THE AIR. FO STARTED TO ADD PWR TO PREVENT A POSSIBLE HARD SECOND TOUCHDOWN, THEN NOTICED WE WERE GOING FURTHER IN THE AIR. FO INITIATED A GAR AND ADDED FULL PWR. CAPT ALSO REACHED FOR AND ASSISTED IN ADDING FULL PWR. NORMAL GAR AND 30 DEG FLAP LNDG WAS ACCOMPLISHED. WHILE AIRBORNE, FLT ATTENDANT ADVISED THAT THEY HEARD A NOISE ON THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN. SUSPECTED A TAILSTRIKE, CONFIRMED BY A POSTFLT INSPECTION.
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.