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B737 captain reported a tail strike resulted from a pitch up at touchdown. Wake turbulence may have been a factor.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1500621 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201712 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ORD.Airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Type 9981 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter |
Narrative:
Normal approach; on speed; stable. On touchdown we had a slight float; power off by 10 feet. Slight left-right roll prior to touchdown. Possible wake turbulence induced at touchdown nose pitched up and was rapidly corrected. Received high pitch report. Informed maintenance about the possibility of a tail strike; and wrote up in logbook. Post flight inspection of the skid plate appeared to have been scraped. The skid actuator was still in the green band.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 Captain reported a tail strike resulted from a pitch up at touchdown. Wake turbulence may have been a factor.
Narrative: Normal approach; on speed; stable. On touchdown we had a slight float; power off by 10 feet. Slight left-right roll prior to touchdown. Possible wake turbulence induced at touchdown nose pitched up and was rapidly corrected. Received high pitch report. Informed Maintenance about the possibility of a tail strike; and wrote up in logbook. Post flight inspection of the skid plate appeared to have been scraped. The skid actuator was still in the green band.
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.