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A B767-300 captain reported that after takeoff an engine bleed air leak was detected so they returned to the departure airport where he had an aircraft tail strike when he over rotated to compensate for a high sink rate.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 919900 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201011 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B767-300 and 300 ER |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Engine Air Pneumatic Ducting |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 129 Flight Crew Total 11909 Flight Crew Type 8190 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft |
Narrative:
Emergency return to our departure airport due to a left engine bleed air leak. Flew an engine out profile to the runway. In flare landing sink rate seemed excessive; I increased pitch to compensate; resulting in a tail skid strike. ATC did a great job. I should have let the auto-pilot make the landing. During training we almost always hand-fly emergency returns with engine out procedures. This results in a habit of doing so on the line.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B767-300 Captain reported that after takeoff an engine bleed air leak was detected so they returned to the departure airport where he had an aircraft tail strike when he over rotated to compensate for a high sink rate.
Narrative: Emergency Return to our departure airport due to a left engine bleed air leak. Flew an Engine out Profile to the runway. In flare landing sink rate seemed excessive; I increased pitch to compensate; resulting in a Tail Skid Strike. ATC did a great job. I should have let the auto-pilot make the landing. During training we almost always hand-fly emergency returns with Engine Out procedures. This results in a habit of doing so on the line.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.