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B767 hit tailskid on takeoff. Flight attendant in aft cabin advised flight crew of noise at rotation. Flight crew jettisoned fuel and returned for overweight landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 357350 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199701 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lax |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zla |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 357350 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| ASRS Report | 357349 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical 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 takeoff a flight attendant in the aft cabin advised a noise was heard in tail area on rotation. Suspected tail strike and a return to lax was initiated. 38000 pounds of fuel was jettisoned and an overweight landing (338000 pounds) was made at lax.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B767 HIT TAILSKID ON TKOF. FLT ATTENDANT IN AFT CABIN ADVISED FLC OF NOISE AT ROTATION. FLC JETTISONED FUEL AND RETURNED FOR OVERWT LNDG.
Narrative: AFTER TKOF A FLT ATTENDANT IN THE AFT CABIN ADVISED A NOISE WAS HEARD IN TAIL AREA ON ROTATION. SUSPECTED TAIL STRIKE AND A RETURN TO LAX WAS INITIATED. 38000 LBS OF FUEL WAS JETTISONED AND AN OVERWT LNDG (338000 LBS) WAS MADE AT LAX.
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.