Flight crew struck tail during takeoff causing minor aircraft damage.

Attributes
ACN	275750
Time
Date	199406
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
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
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
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 : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	275750
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	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

Narrative:

On takeoff cle, flight attendant reported scrapping after rotation. 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 on landing, found skin damage on aft fuselage and drain mast damage.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC STRUCK TAIL DURING TKOF CAUSING MINOR ACFT DAMAGE.

Narrative: ON TKOF CLE, FLT ATTENDANT RPTED SCRAPPING AFTER ROTATION. 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 ON LNDG, FOUND SKIN DAMAGE ON AFT FUSELAGE AND DRAIN MAST DAMAGE.

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.