Air carrier heavy transport tail strike at rotation.

Attributes
ACN	149599
Time
Date	199006
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : msp
State Reference	MN
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	Heavy Transport, Low Wing, 4 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 1200
ASRS Report	149599
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On takeoff from msp, captain over rotated and struck tail skid. Relevant factor: captain had not recently flown the stretched model of aircraft and was not used to lower deck angle. On arrival in oslo we discovered tail skid had made contact. Another factor was that the captain had not flown for approximately 30 days.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR HVT TAIL STRIKE AT ROTATION.

Narrative: ON TKOF FROM MSP, CAPT OVER ROTATED AND STRUCK TAIL SKID. RELEVANT FACTOR: CAPT HAD NOT RECENTLY FLOWN THE STRETCHED MODEL OF ACFT AND WAS NOT USED TO LOWER DECK ANGLE. ON ARR IN OSLO WE DISCOVERED TAIL SKID HAD MADE CONTACT. ANOTHER FACTOR WAS THAT THE CAPT HAD NOT FLOWN FOR APPROX 30 DAYS.

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