B737-900ER flight crew reported experiencing a tail strike on landing after a normal; stable approac...

Attributes
ACN	1352349
Time
Date	201605
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-900
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Total 7338 Flight Crew Type 1470
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Type 341
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft

Narrative:

Uneventful approach and landing. After touchdown; spoilers deployed; aircraft settled onto the runway. As I was manipulating the throttles to engage reverse thrust; the pitch attitude started to increase. I countered the increase with forward pressure on the control column; unfortunately the counter action was not enough; and the tail skid contacted the runway. Pitch attitude at touchdown was approximately 6.6 degrees.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-900ER flight crew reported experiencing a tail strike on landing after a normal; stable approach.

Narrative: Uneventful approach and landing. After touchdown; spoilers deployed; aircraft settled onto the runway. As I was manipulating the throttles to engage reverse thrust; the pitch attitude started to increase. I countered the increase with forward pressure on the control column; unfortunately the counter action was not enough; and the tail skid contacted the runway. Pitch attitude at touchdown was approximately 6.6 degrees.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.