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B737 flight crew encounters windshear on takeoff from sju, executed windshear escape maneuver causing tailskid strike.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 556083 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200208 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sju.airport |
| State Reference | PR |
| Environment | |
| Weather Elements | Windshear |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff climbout : initial ground : takeoff roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 556083 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine |
| ASRS Report | 556310 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter other other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : regained aircraft control flight crew : took evasive action flight crew : landed as precaution other |
| Consequence | other other other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Environmental Factor Weather Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
Narrative:
On takeoff roll at rotation, windshear aural and visual alerts. Loss of 8 KTS in the rotation. Executed windshear escape maneuver and flew out of shear. Accelerated through cleanup when flight attendant called to report tail scraping noise. Stopped climb at 4000 ft and performed tailstrike on rotation procedure in manual. Depressurized and returned for uneventful landing sju runway 10. Postflt revealed tailskid strike.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 FLC ENCOUNTERS WINDSHEAR ON TKOF FROM SJU, EXECUTED WINDSHEAR ESCAPE MANEUVER CAUSING TAILSKID STRIKE.
Narrative: ON TKOF ROLL AT ROTATION, WINDSHEAR AURAL AND VISUAL ALERTS. LOSS OF 8 KTS IN THE ROTATION. EXECUTED WINDSHEAR ESCAPE MANEUVER AND FLEW OUT OF SHEAR. ACCELERATED THROUGH CLEANUP WHEN FLT ATTENDANT CALLED TO RPT TAIL SCRAPING NOISE. STOPPED CLB AT 4000 FT AND PERFORMED TAILSTRIKE ON ROTATION PROC IN MANUAL. DEPRESSURIZED AND RETURNED FOR UNEVENTFUL LNDG SJU RWY 10. POSTFLT REVEALED TAILSKID STRIKE.
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.