An air carrier B757 flight crew over trimmed during the flare and had a tail strike when they reversed the engines while the nose gear was still in the air.

Home

Browse by month

Random

Latest

About

Contact

Attributes
ACN	433923
Time
Date	199904
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lax.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	landing : roll landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 1200
ASRS Report	433923
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : company policies other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Tail strike landing, possible over trim. Nose seemed heavy on flare, trimmed nose up. At touchdown, nose pitched up when reverse was pulled. Lowered nose gently as possible. Caution about trim on flare.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR B757 FLC OVER TRIMMED DURING THE FLARE AND HAD A TAIL STRIKE WHEN THEY REVERSED THE ENGS WHILE THE NOSE GEAR WAS STILL IN THE AIR.

Narrative: TAIL STRIKE LNDG, POSSIBLE OVER TRIM. NOSE SEEMED HVY ON FLARE, TRIMMED NOSE UP. AT TOUCHDOWN, NOSE PITCHED UP WHEN REVERSE WAS PULLED. LOWERED NOSE GENTLY AS POSSIBLE. CAUTION ABOUT TRIM ON FLARE.

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.