Air carrier 2 engine widebody transport tail strike on landing.

Attributes
ACN	153633
Time
Date	199008
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ory
State Reference	FO
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	Widebody, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 2500
ASRS Report	153633
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 11580
ASRS Report	153148
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa 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:

International officer flying aircraft. Landing at paris orly runway 25. Tail skid strike during landing. Aircraft near maximum gross landing weight 290000# airspds and altitudes within limits. Rotation (flare) seemed normal. F/a's from back of aircraft called to report scrapping noise on landing. Inspection revealed tail skid strike. Aircraft was widebody transport type a crews fly widebody transport type a and B and large transport as common rating. Considerable difference exists between 3 aircraft types as to takeoff and landing attitudes.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR 2 ENGINE WDB TAIL STRIKE ON LNDG.

Narrative: INTL OFFICER FLYING ACFT. LNDG AT PARIS ORLY RWY 25. TAIL SKID STRIKE DURING LNDG. ACFT NEAR MAX GROSS LNDG WT 290000# AIRSPDS AND ALTS WITHIN LIMITS. ROTATION (FLARE) SEEMED NORMAL. F/A'S FROM BACK OF ACFT CALLED TO RPT SCRAPPING NOISE ON LNDG. INSPECTION REVEALED TAIL SKID STRIKE. ACFT WAS WDB TYPE A CREWS FLY WDB TYPE A AND B AND LGT AS COMMON RATING. CONSIDERABLE DIFFERENCE EXISTS BTWN 3 ACFT TYPES AS TO TKOF AND LNDG ATTITUDES.

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.