Air carrier widebody transport reported tail strike on takeoff at lga. Aci met the aircraft in mia but could not find any damage. Pulled flight and voice recorders. Air carrier also had hydraulic system failure while climbing.

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Attributes
ACN	82334
Time
Date	198802
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lga
State Reference	NY
Altitude	msl bound lower : 0 msl bound upper : 10000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : n90 tower : lga
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude climbout : takeoff
Route In Use	enroute airway : n90
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 660
ASRS Report	82334
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	observation : air carrier inspector
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : overcame equipment problem none taken : detected after the fact none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	faa : investigated
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Normal takeoff, shortly before 10000' climbing 'a' hydraulic system failed. Followed abnormal procedure, continued to mia. Upon arrival in mia, FAA inspectors came aboard, telling us we left part of the plane in ny. I walked around the gear with an inspector and saw nothing abnormal. Later that night our chief pilot calls, accusing us of a tail strike in lga, claims we left our tail skid in lga, on the runway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR WDB REPORTED TAIL STRIKE ON TKOF AT LGA. ACI MET THE ACFT IN MIA BUT COULD NOT FIND ANY DAMAGE. PULLED FLT AND VOICE RECORDERS. ACR ALSO HAD HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FAILURE WHILE CLIMBING.

Narrative: NORMAL TKOF, SHORTLY BEFORE 10000' CLIMBING 'A' HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FAILED. FOLLOWED ABNORMAL PROCEDURE, CONTINUED TO MIA. UPON ARRIVAL IN MIA, FAA INSPECTORS CAME ABOARD, TELLING US WE LEFT PART OF THE PLANE IN NY. I WALKED AROUND THE GEAR WITH AN INSPECTOR AND SAW NOTHING ABNORMAL. LATER THAT NIGHT OUR CHIEF PLT CALLS, ACCUSING US OF A TAIL STRIKE IN LGA, CLAIMS WE LEFT OUR TAIL SKID IN LGA, ON THE RWY.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.