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An air carrier B737-300 flight crew flew a round trip on an aircraft that had suffered a tail strike earlier in the day and not been reported. The aircraft operated normally, although the aft drain mast had been lightly scraped on the runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 345754 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199608 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : slc |
| State Reference | UT |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 7000 |
| ASRS Report | 345754 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
After flying this aircraft on a slc-ont-slc, we heard that another flight crew had, later on, reported a possible tail strike which may have occurred during takeoff from sna? During our preflight, we noticed nothing unusual during exterior walkaround. Heard later that the drain mast had touched the ground and was thus clean on the bottom side. Aircraft flew normally. Aircraft pressurized normally.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR B737-300 FLC FLEW A ROUND TRIP ON AN ACFT THAT HAD SUFFERED A TAIL STRIKE EARLIER IN THE DAY AND NOT BEEN RPTED. THE ACFT OPERATED NORMALLY, ALTHOUGH THE AFT DRAIN MAST HAD BEEN LIGHTLY SCRAPED ON THE RWY.
Narrative: AFTER FLYING THIS ACFT ON A SLC-ONT-SLC, WE HEARD THAT ANOTHER FLC HAD, LATER ON, RPTED A POSSIBLE TAIL STRIKE WHICH MAY HAVE OCCURRED DURING TKOF FROM SNA? DURING OUR PREFLT, WE NOTICED NOTHING UNUSUAL DURING EXTERIOR WALKAROUND. HEARD LATER THAT THE DRAIN MAST HAD TOUCHED THE GND AND WAS THUS CLEAN ON THE BOTTOM SIDE. ACFT FLEW NORMALLY. ACFT PRESSURIZED NORMALLY.
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.