B-727 suffers tail strike in takeoff procedure crosswind takeoff.

Attributes
ACN	290882
Time
Date	199412
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bos
State Reference	MA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 116 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 445
ASRS Report	290882
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Normal power takeoff, 11 KT crosswind from 360 degrees. Light rain, bump in runway intersection, normal V1 vr rotation at 127 KTS, normal gradual rotation, tail skid strike. All crew members agreed that the rotation rate was normal. Does high gross weight and a direct crosswind affect the rotation rate of the boeing 727?

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B-727 SUFFERS TAIL STRIKE IN TKOF PROC XWIND TKOF.

Narrative: NORMAL PWR TKOF, 11 KT XWIND FROM 360 DEGS. LIGHT RAIN, BUMP IN RWY INTXN, NORMAL V1 VR ROTATION AT 127 KTS, NORMAL GRADUAL ROTATION, TAIL SKID STRIKE. ALL CREW MEMBERS AGREED THAT THE ROTATION RATE WAS NORMAL. DOES HIGH GROSS WT AND A DIRECT XWIND AFFECT THE ROTATION RATE OF THE BOEING 727?

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.