 |
37000 Feet | Browse and search NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System |
|
Captain of a saab SF340 (SF34L), had a tail strike during landing roll when going into reverse and touching down on the main gear. The flight crew suspects that the tail strike was caused by overweight baggage shifting aft causing the aircraft center of gravity to exceed aft limits.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 403188 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199805 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cvg |
| State Reference | OH |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | SF 340A |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 2500 flight time type : 60 |
| ASRS Report | 403188 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 7600 flight time type : 120 |
| ASRS Report | 402441 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
On landing, after the mains were on, the nose of the aircraft pitched up abruptly and the tail briefly came in contact with the ground. Aft center of gravity suspected, cargo may have shifted during flight or landing. After arrival, cvg ramp people advised us that they could only get the cargo door 1/2 way open. They also counted 9 bags that were extra heavy and should have been counted as double weights at the originating station (dtw). This may have resulted in an unintentional aft center of gravity.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF A SAAB SF340 (SF34L), HAD A TAIL STRIKE DURING LNDG ROLL WHEN GOING INTO REVERSE AND TOUCHING DOWN ON THE MAIN GEAR. THE FLC SUSPECTS THAT THE TAIL STRIKE WAS CAUSED BY OVERWT BAGGAGE SHIFTING AFT CAUSING THE ACFT CTR OF GRAVITY TO EXCEED AFT LIMITS.
Narrative: ON LNDG, AFTER THE MAINS WERE ON, THE NOSE OF THE ACFT PITCHED UP ABRUPTLY AND THE TAIL BRIEFLY CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE GND. AFT CTR OF GRAVITY SUSPECTED, CARGO MAY HAVE SHIFTED DURING FLT OR LNDG. AFTER ARR, CVG RAMP PEOPLE ADVISED US THAT THEY COULD ONLY GET THE CARGO DOOR 1/2 WAY OPEN. THEY ALSO COUNTED 9 BAGS THAT WERE EXTRA HVY AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN COUNTED AS DOUBLE WTS AT THE ORIGINATING STATION (DTW). THIS MAY HAVE RESULTED IN AN UNINTENTIONAL AFT CTR OF GRAVITY.
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.