Tail strike on landing.

Attributes
ACN	309770
Time
Date	199507
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : oaj
State Reference	NC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Dash 8 Series Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
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 : 250 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	309770
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical 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:

On landing, I allowed the deck angle to develop to a degree that permitted the tail skid to contact the runway. This was in an attempt to 'salvage' an apparent upcoming hard landing. Learned not to worry about a slight bump on touchdown rather than fix the tail skid.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TAIL STRIKE ON LNDG.

Narrative: ON LNDG, I ALLOWED THE DECK ANGLE TO DEVELOP TO A DEG THAT PERMITTED THE TAIL SKID TO CONTACT THE RWY. THIS WAS IN AN ATTEMPT TO 'SALVAGE' AN APPARENT UPCOMING HARD LNDG. LEARNED NOT TO WORRY ABOUT A SLIGHT BUMP ON TOUCHDOWN RATHER THAN FIX THE TAIL SKID.

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.