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B767-300 captain has tail strike during landing when the speed brakes deployed after touchdown causing the aircraft nose to pitch up.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 536646 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200201 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : fll.airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767-300 and 300 ER |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : instrument |
| ASRS Report | 536646 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ground encounters other other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Captain flying, VFR WX, landing runway 9L, stable approach using ILS and PAPI for guidance and autoplt and flight directors on. Approach on speed and on GS landing normal in touchdown zone, autobrakes #2 and autospd brakes armed. Just after touchdown when speed brakes deployed the nose pitched up. I heard a small clunk sound. As we taxied in, flight attendant called from the aft cabin and said she heard an unusual noise. I went out with a mechanic to check the aircraft and found the tailskid scuffed. Possible cause: aft cargo loading. Possible fix: don't arm speed brakes, let them deploy when thrust reverser actuated on cargo loading.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B767-300 CAPT HAS TAIL STRIKE DURING LNDG WHEN THE SPD BRAKES DEPLOYED AFTER TOUCHDOWN CAUSING THE ACFT NOSE TO PITCH UP.
Narrative: CAPT FLYING, VFR WX, LNDG RWY 9L, STABLE APCH USING ILS AND PAPI FOR GUIDANCE AND AUTOPLT AND FLT DIRECTORS ON. APCH ON SPD AND ON GS LNDG NORMAL IN TOUCHDOWN ZONE, AUTOBRAKES #2 AND AUTOSPD BRAKES ARMED. JUST AFTER TOUCHDOWN WHEN SPD BRAKES DEPLOYED THE NOSE PITCHED UP. I HEARD A SMALL CLUNK SOUND. AS WE TAXIED IN, FLT ATTENDANT CALLED FROM THE AFT CABIN AND SAID SHE HEARD AN UNUSUAL NOISE. I WENT OUT WITH A MECH TO CHK THE ACFT AND FOUND THE TAILSKID SCUFFED. POSSIBLE CAUSE: AFT CARGO LOADING. POSSIBLE FIX: DON'T ARM SPD BRAKES, LET THEM DEPLOY WHEN THRUST REVERSER ACTUATED ON CARGO LOADING.
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.