<< >> NASA ASRS Report 385839, November 1997

B767 reporter first officer taking off on runway 24 with gusty winds from 170 degrees over-rotated and hit tailskid. Flight attendants later reported hearing scraping noise on takeoff so flight crew returned for aircraft inspection and landed overweight. No damage was found.

Attributes
ACN	385839
Time
Date	199711
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : man
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 20
Aircraft 1
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 : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	385839
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	385840
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Weather
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

The ATIS reported winds for runway 24 were 160 degrees at 12 KTS. Prior to takeoff roll, tower reported wind 170 degrees at 20 KTS. Gusty winds continued through the takeoff roll causing considerable difficulty maintaining runway centerline. At rotation the aircraft rolled slightly to the right. I was concerned about the bank angle close to the ground. After leveling at cruise altitude the flight attendants informed us that they had heard numerous unusual noises including a scraping noise on takeoff. We returned for an overweight landing at lhr. Maintenance inspection revealed no damage.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767 RPTR FO TAKING OFF ON RWY 24 WITH GUSTY WINDS FROM 170 DEGS OVER-ROTATED AND HIT TAILSKID. FLT ATTENDANTS LATER RPTED HEARING SCRAPING NOISE ON TKOF SO FLC RETURNED FOR ACFT INSPECTION AND LANDED OVERWT. NO DAMAGE WAS FOUND.

Narrative: THE ATIS RPTED WINDS FOR RWY 24 WERE 160 DEGS AT 12 KTS. PRIOR TO TKOF ROLL, TWR RPTED WIND 170 DEGS AT 20 KTS. GUSTY WINDS CONTINUED THROUGH THE TKOF ROLL CAUSING CONSIDERABLE DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING RWY CTRLINE. AT ROTATION THE ACFT ROLLED SLIGHTLY TO THE R. I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE BANK ANGLE CLOSE TO THE GND. AFTER LEVELING AT CRUISE ALT THE FLT ATTENDANTS INFORMED US THAT THEY HAD HEARD NUMEROUS UNUSUAL NOISES INCLUDING A SCRAPING NOISE ON TKOF. WE RETURNED FOR AN OVERWT LNDG AT LHR. MAINT INSPECTION REVEALED NO DAMAGE.

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.