<< >> NASA ASRS Report 515145, June 2001

A321 first officer lost control of the aircraft during landing flare resulting in a hard landing and a tail strike. The aft tailskid area of the fuselage was scraped and damaged.

Attributes
ACN	515145
Time
Date	200106
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : phl.airport
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : phl.tower tracon : m98.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A321
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing : roll
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 14500 flight time type : 10
ASRS Report	515145
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 4500 flight time type : 550
ASRS Report	514976
Events
Anomaly	ground encounters other other anomaly
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : regained aircraft control
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Tail strike on landing at phl. The aircraft has a different flap system than the A319-320. The nose attitude and aircraft feel are different in the landing phase. On landing at phl, I flew a stabilized coupled approach to 400 ft AGL. I then disconnected the autoplt. WX was clear, winds 360 degrees at 9 KTS, landing runway 27R. At 50 ft, as operations procedure requires, I retarded the power and performed what I thought was a normal transition to the landing attitude. The rate of descent did not decrease at the normal rate. I was applying back pressure when the aircraft made a firm touchdown and the nose pitched up resulting in a tail strike.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A321 FO LOST CTL OF THE ACFT DURING LNDG FLARE RESULTING IN A HARD LNDG AND A TAIL STRIKE. THE AFT TAILSKID AREA OF THE FUSELAGE WAS SCRAPED AND DAMAGED.

Narrative: TAIL STRIKE ON LNDG AT PHL. THE ACFT HAS A DIFFERENT FLAP SYS THAN THE A319-320. THE NOSE ATTITUDE AND ACFT FEEL ARE DIFFERENT IN THE LNDG PHASE. ON LNDG AT PHL, I FLEW A STABILIZED COUPLED APCH TO 400 FT AGL. I THEN DISCONNECTED THE AUTOPLT. WX WAS CLR, WINDS 360 DEGS AT 9 KTS, LNDG RWY 27R. AT 50 FT, AS OPS PROC REQUIRES, I RETARDED THE PWR AND PERFORMED WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A NORMAL TRANSITION TO THE LNDG ATTITUDE. THE RATE OF DSCNT DID NOT DECREASE AT THE NORMAL RATE. I WAS APPLYING BACK PRESSURE WHEN THE ACFT MADE A FIRM TOUCHDOWN AND THE NOSE PITCHED UP RESULTING IN A TAIL STRIKE.

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.