Aircraft tail skid contacted runway on landing.

Attributes
ACN	117093
Time
Date	198907
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pit
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 40 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 4000
ASRS Report	117093
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Flared too high on landing and the aircraft settled in from a higher than normal height. When we got to the hotel room on layover. The second officer told me that the F/a's told him in the van that they heard a scraping sound as we touched down. The F/a's did not mention it to me. It was a fairly good landing except for a rather abnormally high deck angle at touchdown.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT TAIL SKID CONTACTED RWY ON LNDG.

Narrative: FLARED TOO HIGH ON LNDG AND THE ACFT SETTLED IN FROM A HIGHER THAN NORMAL HEIGHT. WHEN WE GOT TO THE HOTEL ROOM ON LAYOVER. THE S/O TOLD ME THAT THE F/A'S TOLD HIM IN THE VAN THAT THEY HEARD A SCRAPING SOUND AS WE TOUCHED DOWN. THE F/A'S DID NOT MENTION IT TO ME. IT WAS A FAIRLY GOOD LNDG EXCEPT FOR A RATHER ABNORMALLY HIGH DECK ANGLE AT TOUCHDOWN.

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.