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A B757-200, on preflight inspection, was discovered to have incurred a tail strike but no logbook report was entered on incident.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 536265 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200201 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ewr.airport |
| State Reference | NJ |
| 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 |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 104 flight time total : 13400 flight time type : 104 |
| ASRS Report | 536265 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : tail skid cap damage |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
First flight on B757-300 for captain and first officer. Flight deck prebrief included review of training bulletin. After flight deck differences review, first officer completed walkaround. First takeoff and landing uneventful. Pitch report reviewed, captain completed walkaround. Second takeoff and landing uneventful, takeoff pitch report reviewed. All pitch reports well within limits. Home phone call 6 hours later, was informed that next crew inspection found a tailskid scrape with cap missing. Due to newness of visual inspection of tailskid area, and tailskid design, it appears both this crew and maintenance overlooked skid cap damage. I believe the damage was done prior to this flight sequence.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757-200, ON PREFLT INSPECTION, WAS DISCOVERED TO HAVE INCURRED A TAIL STRIKE BUT NO LOGBOOK RPT WAS ENTERED ON INCIDENT.
Narrative: FIRST FLT ON B757-300 FOR CAPT AND FO. FLT DECK PREBRIEF INCLUDED REVIEW OF TRAINING BULLETIN. AFTER FLT DECK DIFFERENCES REVIEW, FO COMPLETED WALKAROUND. FIRST TKOF AND LNDG UNEVENTFUL. PITCH RPT REVIEWED, CAPT COMPLETED WALKAROUND. SECOND TKOF AND LNDG UNEVENTFUL, TKOF PITCH RPT REVIEWED. ALL PITCH RPTS WELL WITHIN LIMITS. HOME PHONE CALL 6 HRS LATER, WAS INFORMED THAT NEXT CREW INSPECTION FOUND A TAILSKID SCRAPE WITH CAP MISSING. DUE TO NEWNESS OF VISUAL INSPECTION OF TAILSKID AREA, AND TAILSKID DESIGN, IT APPEARS BOTH THIS CREW AND MAINT OVERLOOKED SKID CAP DAMAGE. I BELIEVE THE DAMAGE WAS DONE PRIOR TO THIS FLT SEQUENCE.
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.