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First officer of a B727 rotated during takeoff too rapidly causing tail strike on the runway. The noise was heard throughout the aircraft. The captain requested a return land for inspection of possible damage. Subsequent inspection revealed only paint of the tailskid was scraped.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 414799 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199809 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : atl |
| State Reference | GA |
| 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 | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 4800 flight time type : 550 |
| ASRS Report | 414799 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Upon rotation on takeoff, the air crew felt slight vibration and 'scraping' sound. The flight attendant seated aft immediately called the cockpit reporting a loud scraping sound. With a suspected tail strike, we completed the appropriate checklist and returned to atl for landing. The tailskid light did not illuminate and inspection revealed no damage beyond scraped paint off the tailskid. The captain told me, the first officer at the controls, that he had noticed my rapid rotations but had not said anything because every so often one would be just right.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FO OF A B727 ROTATED DURING TKOF TOO RAPIDLY CAUSING TAIL STRIKE ON THE RWY. THE NOISE WAS HEARD THROUGHOUT THE ACFT. THE CAPT REQUESTED A RETURN LAND FOR INSPECTION OF POSSIBLE DAMAGE. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION REVEALED ONLY PAINT OF THE TAILSKID WAS SCRAPED.
Narrative: UPON ROTATION ON TKOF, THE AIR CREW FELT SLIGHT VIBRATION AND 'SCRAPING' SOUND. THE FLT ATTENDANT SEATED AFT IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE COCKPIT RPTING A LOUD SCRAPING SOUND. WITH A SUSPECTED TAIL STRIKE, WE COMPLETED THE APPROPRIATE CHKLIST AND RETURNED TO ATL FOR LNDG. THE TAILSKID LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE AND INSPECTION REVEALED NO DAMAGE BEYOND SCRAPED PAINT OFF THE TAILSKID. THE CAPT TOLD ME, THE FO AT THE CTLS, THAT HE HAD NOTICED MY RAPID ROTATIONS BUT HAD NOT SAID ANYTHING BECAUSE EVERY SO OFTEN ONE WOULD BE JUST RIGHT.
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.