Tail strike of a widebody transport flight crew during touchdown.

Attributes
ACN	301315
Time
Date	199504
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : bhm
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
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
ASRS Report	301315
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	non adherence other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	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:

Tail strike. Aircraft gross weight 269100 pounds deck angle 7.5 at touchdown, touchdown normal. When autospoilers deployed at touchdown, I heard a thump and saw EICAS message tailstrike. Upon arrival at gate, notified maintenance and made logbook entry to reflect problem. Debriefed problem with check airman who reported same to captain, dfw chief pilot.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TAIL STRIKE OF A WDB FLC DURING TOUCHDOWN.

Narrative: TAIL STRIKE. ACFT GROSS WT 269100 LBS DECK ANGLE 7.5 AT TOUCHDOWN, TOUCHDOWN NORMAL. WHEN AUTOSPOILERS DEPLOYED AT TOUCHDOWN, I HEARD A THUMP AND SAW EICAS MESSAGE TAILSTRIKE. UPON ARR AT GATE, NOTIFIED MAINT AND MADE LOGBOOK ENTRY TO REFLECT PROB. DEBRIEFED PROB WITH CHK AIRMAN WHO RPTED SAME TO CAPT, DFW CHIEF PLT.

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.