Air carrier medium large transport suffers takeoff tail strike.

Attributes
ACN	275589
Time
Date	199406
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cle
State Reference	OH
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : gfk
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	275589
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

On takeoff at cle, flight attendant reported scrapping noise during rotation. Aircraft departed runway 5L. At rotation, aircraft encountered bump on runway during final portion of rotation that tended to 'launch' aircraft into the air. At no time did aircraft rotate above command bars. Inspected aircraft after landing and found skin and drain mast damage on aft fuselage.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MLG SUFFERS TKOF TAIL STRIKE.

Narrative: ON TKOF AT CLE, FLT ATTENDANT RPTED SCRAPPING NOISE DURING ROTATION. ACFT DEPARTED RWY 5L. AT ROTATION, ACFT ENCOUNTERED BUMP ON RWY DURING FINAL PORTION OF ROTATION THAT TENDED TO 'LAUNCH' ACFT INTO THE AIR. AT NO TIME DID ACFT ROTATE ABOVE COMMAND BARS. INSPECTED ACFT AFTER LNDG AND FOUND SKIN AND DRAIN MAST DAMAGE ON AFT FUSELAGE.

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.