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First officer of a B727-200 struck the tailskid during landing causing damage to it and the aft drain post. The aircraft touched down with very little flare and bounced back in the air twice before the captain extended the speed brakes while in the air the second time, resulting in the aircraft falling back to the runway in a tail low position.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 407398 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199807 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : atl |
| State Reference | GA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727-200 |
| 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 : 84 flight time total : 6860 flight time type : 230 |
| ASRS Report | 407398 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : private pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 3500 flight time type : 300 |
| ASRS Report | 408680 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
The copilot flew a visual approach to runway 27L using the ILS as a back up. The approach was uneventful, and the plane crossed the threshold at an altitude of 50 ft. The aircraft touched down in the touchdown zone and bounced, it touched down and bounced again, and then touched down a third time. Rollout, turn-off, and taxi-in were uneventful. During taxi the so reported that the tailskid light was illuminated. Inspection revealed a damaged tailskid.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FO OF A B727-200 STRUCK THE TAILSKID DURING LNDG CAUSING DAMAGE TO IT AND THE AFT DRAIN POST. THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN WITH VERY LITTLE FLARE AND BOUNCED BACK IN THE AIR TWICE BEFORE THE CAPT EXTENDED THE SPD BRAKES WHILE IN THE AIR THE SECOND TIME, RESULTING IN THE ACFT FALLING BACK TO THE RWY IN A TAIL LOW POS.
Narrative: THE COPLT FLEW A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 27L USING THE ILS AS A BACK UP. THE APCH WAS UNEVENTFUL, AND THE PLANE CROSSED THE THRESHOLD AT AN ALT OF 50 FT. THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN IN THE TOUCHDOWN ZONE AND BOUNCED, IT TOUCHED DOWN AND BOUNCED AGAIN, AND THEN TOUCHED DOWN A THIRD TIME. ROLLOUT, TURN-OFF, AND TAXI-IN WERE UNEVENTFUL. DURING TAXI THE SO RPTED THAT THE TAILSKID LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. INSPECTION REVEALED A DAMAGED TAILSKID.
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.