<< >> NASA ASRS Report 408596, July 1998

A return land is mandated by the report from the cabin attendant that a tail strike on takeoff occurred at fra.

Attributes
ACN	408596
Time
Date	199807
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : fra
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : mdw
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	climbout : takeoff landing other other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
ASRS Report	408596
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe conflict : ground critical non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation other

Narrative:

I was the first officer. The captain rotated early causing the tailskid to contact the runway. It was a slow rotation to normal attitude, 5 degree flaps, and no stick shaker. The flight attendants in the aft heard a scraping noise. In accordance with airline directives we returned to fra and had the aircraft inspected. No damage to aircraft and no injuries.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A RETURN LAND IS MANDATED BY THE RPT FROM THE CABIN ATTENDANT THAT A TAIL STRIKE ON TKOF OCCURRED AT FRA.

Narrative: I WAS THE FO. THE CAPT ROTATED EARLY CAUSING THE TAILSKID TO CONTACT THE RWY. IT WAS A SLOW ROTATION TO NORMAL ATTITUDE, 5 DEG FLAPS, AND NO STICK SHAKER. THE FLT ATTENDANTS IN THE AFT HEARD A SCRAPING NOISE. IN ACCORDANCE WITH AIRLINE DIRECTIVES WE RETURNED TO FRA AND HAD THE ACFT INSPECTED. NO DAMAGE TO ACFT AND NO INJURIES.

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.