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An air carrier B727 flight crew landed hard when the first officer, concerned about preceding traffic, started the flare too late.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 434073 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199904 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : bos.airport |
| State Reference | MA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 27000 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 434073 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 150 |
| ASRS Report | 433899 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Flight between atl and bos. Flight normal in all respects. Tight traffic spacing. Bug speed 130 KTS +20 KTS for wind gust. First officer flying. Approach normal, ie, on speed, on GS, 800 ft descent rate. First officer delayed flare maneuver resulting in firm landing. So noticed tailskid light on rollout. Maintenance inspection revealed tailskid compression approximately 3/8 inches. No other indication of damage.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR B727 FLC LANDED HARD WHEN THE FO, CONCERNED ABOUT PRECEDING TFC, STARTED THE FLARE TOO LATE.
Narrative: FLT BTWN ATL AND BOS. FLT NORMAL IN ALL RESPECTS. TIGHT TFC SPACING. BUG SPD 130 KTS +20 KTS FOR WIND GUST. FO FLYING. APCH NORMAL, IE, ON SPD, ON GS, 800 FT DSCNT RATE. FO DELAYED FLARE MANEUVER RESULTING IN FIRM LNDG. SO NOTICED TAILSKID LIGHT ON ROLLOUT. MAINT INSPECTION REVEALED TAILSKID COMPRESSION APPROX 3/8 INCHES. NO OTHER INDICATION OF DAMAGE.
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.