Narrative:

The takeoff was made on runway 28 at bwi. It was the first officer's first takeoff in the B727. The flaps were set at 5 degrees. The first officer is currently flying the KC10 in the military and he stated that certain characteristics of that aircraft (ie, a tendency to settle back onto the runway at lift-off if the rotation is not properly continued) caused him to respond to a slight dip in the runway by increasing his rotation rate enough to scrape the tailskid. We were not aware of the tailskid contact until a flight attendant mentioned she heard a scraping noise on takeoff. We had no indication of tailskid damage, its retraction was normal. Upon arrival in msp I made a visual check of the tailskid and did not see any damage. My concern was with the clip that would indicate if the skid had been compressed. Noting that it had not (it was cold and dark and my inspection was short) I made no entry in the logbook. Maintenance personnel later found that the pad on the bottom of the skid was missing. In retrospect a better way to handle it would have been to make a logbook entry and let maintenance do the inspection.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B727-200 FO OVER-ROTATES THE ACFT ON TKOF AND DAMAGES THE TAILSKID. AT DEST ARPT CAPT INSPECTS SAME AND, FINDING NO APPARENT DAMAGE, FAILS TO ENTER THE POSSIBLE DAMAGE IN THE LOGBOOK. BWI, MD.

Narrative: THE TKOF WAS MADE ON RWY 28 AT BWI. IT WAS THE FO'S FIRST TKOF IN THE B727. THE FLAPS WERE SET AT 5 DEGS. THE FO IS CURRENTLY FLYING THE KC10 IN THE MIL AND HE STATED THAT CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THAT ACFT (IE, A TENDENCY TO SETTLE BACK ONTO THE RWY AT LIFT-OFF IF THE ROTATION IS NOT PROPERLY CONTINUED) CAUSED HIM TO RESPOND TO A SLIGHT DIP IN THE RWY BY INCREASING HIS ROTATION RATE ENOUGH TO SCRAPE THE TAILSKID. WE WERE NOT AWARE OF THE TAILSKID CONTACT UNTIL A FLT ATTENDANT MENTIONED SHE HEARD A SCRAPING NOISE ON TKOF. WE HAD NO INDICATION OF TAILSKID DAMAGE, ITS RETRACTION WAS NORMAL. UPON ARR IN MSP I MADE A VISUAL CHK OF THE TAILSKID AND DID NOT SEE ANY DAMAGE. MY CONCERN WAS WITH THE CLIP THAT WOULD INDICATE IF THE SKID HAD BEEN COMPRESSED. NOTING THAT IT HAD NOT (IT WAS COLD AND DARK AND MY INSPECTION WAS SHORT) I MADE NO ENTRY IN THE LOGBOOK. MAINT PERSONNEL LATER FOUND THAT THE PAD ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SKID WAS MISSING. IN RETROSPECT A BETTER WAY TO HANDLE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN TO MAKE A LOGBOOK ENTRY AND LET MAINT DO THE 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.