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A B737 flight crew experienced a tail strike while landing a HUD approach with autothrottles inoperative.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 583096 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200305 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mco.airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 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 |
| ASRS Report | 583096 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment : gpws |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took precautionary avoidance action |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Weather Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
Narrative:
Normal approach to mco runway 36R, 2 KT headwind 8 KT right crosswind at touchdown. HUD was in the use for a VFR landing. Stable approach was using the A3 mode of the HUD. Autothrottle system was off. Flaps 30 degrees were selected with speed of reference +5 KTS throughout the approach. During flare mode of the HUD, throttles were reduced to idle at the retard command on the HUD. A few feet from touchdown the tail strike warning annunciated. Power was immediately advanced to the limit, but aircraft touched down gently before engines spooled. Power was quickly reduced to idle and landing rollout was completed. Upon taxi in I noticed that trim was about 8.5 units. Landing weight as about 130000 pounds.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737 FLT CREW EXPERIENCED A TAIL STRIKE WHILE LNDG A HUD APCH WITH AUTOTHROTTLES INOP.
Narrative: NORMAL APCH TO MCO RWY 36R, 2 KT HEADWIND 8 KT R XWIND AT TOUCHDOWN. HUD WAS IN THE USE FOR A VFR LNDG. STABLE APCH WAS USING THE A3 MODE OF THE HUD. AUTOTHROTTLE SYS WAS OFF. FLAPS 30 DEGS WERE SELECTED WITH SPD OF REF +5 KTS THROUGHOUT THE APCH. DURING FLARE MODE OF THE HUD, THROTTLES WERE REDUCED TO IDLE AT THE RETARD COMMAND ON THE HUD. A FEW FEET FROM TOUCHDOWN THE TAIL STRIKE WARNING ANNUNCIATED. PWR WAS IMMEDIATELY ADVANCED TO THE LIMIT, BUT ACFT TOUCHED DOWN GENTLY BEFORE ENGS SPOOLED. PWR WAS QUICKLY REDUCED TO IDLE AND LNDG ROLLOUT WAS COMPLETED. UPON TAXI IN I NOTICED THAT TRIM WAS ABOUT 8.5 UNITS. LNDG WT AS ABOUT 130000 LBS.
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.