Tail strike on large transport.

Attributes
ACN	156600
Time
Date	199009
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ord
State Reference	IL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, 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 : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 300
ASRS Report	156600
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 13000
ASRS Report	156094
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe conflict : ground critical non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation other

Narrative:

The flight, being flown by the first officer, was cleared for a visibility approach to runway 32L at O'hare airport. Vectoring and turn to final was normal. The aircraft was configured with gear down, landing flaps, and on speed schedule throughout approach and landing. All SOP's were followed including callouts at 50', 30', and 10'. T/D was in landing zone and no apparent deviation from normal landing technique was observed. Post-flight examination revealed that the aft belly area was scrapping causing minor skin damage. Landing time was early am:30 after an all night flight from anc. Fatigue may have contributed to loss of perceptual clues if any pilot factor was involved. Training and designing deficiency definitely contributes to the numerous incidents of this nature. Supplemental information from acn 156094. Smooth T/D. Held nose off runway, no unusual noise or signs in cockpit. On taxi in, rear F/a called cockpit stating she thought tail scraped runway on rollout. At gate we checked tail, fuel gang drain and some skin made runway contact, damage appeared minimal.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TAIL STRIKE ON LGT.

Narrative: THE FLT, BEING FLOWN BY THE F/O, WAS CLRED FOR A VIS APCH TO RWY 32L AT O'HARE ARPT. VECTORING AND TURN TO FINAL WAS NORMAL. THE ACFT WAS CONFIGURED WITH GEAR DOWN, LNDG FLAPS, AND ON SPD SCHEDULE THROUGHOUT APCH AND LNDG. ALL SOP'S WERE FOLLOWED INCLUDING CALLOUTS AT 50', 30', AND 10'. T/D WAS IN LNDG ZONE AND NO APPARENT DEV FROM NORMAL LNDG TECHNIQUE WAS OBSERVED. POST-FLT EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT THE AFT BELLY AREA WAS SCRAPPING CAUSING MINOR SKIN DAMAGE. LNDG TIME WAS EARLY AM:30 AFTER AN ALL NIGHT FLT FROM ANC. FATIGUE MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO LOSS OF PERCEPTUAL CLUES IF ANY PLT FACTOR WAS INVOLVED. TRAINING AND DESIGNING DEFICIENCY DEFINITELY CONTRIBUTES TO THE NUMEROUS INCIDENTS OF THIS NATURE. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 156094. SMOOTH T/D. HELD NOSE OFF RWY, NO UNUSUAL NOISE OR SIGNS IN COCKPIT. ON TAXI IN, REAR F/A CALLED COCKPIT STATING SHE THOUGHT TAIL SCRAPED RWY ON ROLLOUT. AT GATE WE CHKED TAIL, FUEL GANG DRAIN AND SOME SKIN MADE RWY CONTACT, DAMAGE APPEARED MINIMAL.

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.