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B737-800 flight crew reported they operated an aircraft that had a tail strike two flights previous to their flight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1422508 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201702 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-800 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft |
Narrative:
I was notified that the aircraft was damaged by a tail strike 2 flight evolutions prior to our flight. This damage was not discovered on the inbound flight to ZZZ nor by me on the exterior walk-around prior to the flight to ZZZ1. Upon reflection of the exterior preflight; I still believe I saw the tail skid showing green. It is my procedure to step under the aircraft and looking rearward up the fuselage; and then to walk away from the aircraft to inspect the horizontal stabilizers. When walking around the empennage; I then rescan the rear fuselage from both sides and look at the tail skid. It is obvious my recollection is in error. As of this writing; I have not seen the pictures of the damage.I would like to see what the condition of the tail skid to have a better informed visual of what a tail strike looks like when damaged. I will also have to better distinguish between the normal streaky dirt/oil/deice fluid marks that appear in that area of the aircraft and tail strike damage.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737-800 flight crew reported they operated an aircraft that had a tail strike two flights previous to their flight.
Narrative: I was notified that the aircraft was damaged by a tail strike 2 flight evolutions prior to our flight. This damage was not discovered on the inbound flight to ZZZ nor by me on the exterior walk-around prior to the flight to ZZZ1. Upon reflection of the exterior preflight; I still believe I saw the tail skid showing green. It is my procedure to step under the aircraft and looking rearward up the fuselage; and then to walk away from the aircraft to inspect the horizontal stabilizers. When walking around the empennage; I then rescan the rear fuselage from both sides and look at the tail skid. It is obvious my recollection is in error. As of this writing; I have not seen the pictures of the damage.I would like to see what the condition of the tail skid to have a better informed visual of what a tail strike looks like when damaged. I will also have to better distinguish between the normal streaky dirt/oil/deice fluid marks that appear in that area of the aircraft and tail strike damage.
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.