A B767 crew, upon landing at smf, made tail skid contact with the runway.

Attributes
ACN	566095
Time
Date	200211
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : smf.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767 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 : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 77 flight time total : 13176 flight time type : 188
ASRS Report	566095
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	ground encounters other non adherence : company policies
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : tail skid other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

During landing, I held off on the flare too long and contacted the aircraft's tail skid. Was unaware of this at the time. No noises or vibrations felt. First flight attendant advised of noise in aft section during flare. Postflt revealed scraped tail skid. Post mortem: no reason at all for this to have happened. I think I simply reverted to old DC10 technique momentarily. I know better!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B767 CREW, UPON LNDG AT SMF, MADE TAIL SKID CONTACT WITH THE RWY.

Narrative: DURING LNDG, I HELD OFF ON THE FLARE TOO LONG AND CONTACTED THE ACFT'S TAIL SKID. WAS UNAWARE OF THIS AT THE TIME. NO NOISES OR VIBRATIONS FELT. FIRST FLT ATTENDANT ADVISED OF NOISE IN AFT SECTION DURING FLARE. POSTFLT REVEALED SCRAPED TAIL SKID. POST MORTEM: NO REASON AT ALL FOR THIS TO HAVE HAPPENED. I THINK I SIMPLY REVERTED TO OLD DC10 TECHNIQUE MOMENTARILY. I KNOW BETTER!

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.