An F27 crew, making a no flap landing at mce, caused damage to the tail skid.

Attributes
ACN	531656
Time
Date	200112
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mce.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : dal.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	F27 (Fokker BV)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	ground encounters other non adherence : company policies other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : flap indicator other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

During preflight and acceptance check, I missed two cbs for flap operations were tie wrapped. Approaching merced airport, I called for flaps. First officer noticed that flaps were not extending. He recycled the flap handle but nothing happened. We checked the circuit breaker panel and found flap motor and flap control cbs were tie wrapped. (I believed they were tie wrapped during maintenance to prevent accidental flap operation.) because we didn't have any tools we couldn't cut those tie wraps. I decided to make a flapless landing. After landing, during post flight check, we found the tail skid had minor damage due to ground contact on touchdown. If I or first officer had noticed those two cbs were tie wrapped for no reason, we could have called maintenance department to verify. In flapless landing, I flared a little bit too high (nose high) and that is the cause of tail skid contact with ground. Maintenance department should make sure that cbs pulled out and tie wrapped during maintenance are pushed in upon completion of maintenance.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN F27 CREW, MAKING A NO FLAP LNDG AT MCE, CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE TAIL SKID.

Narrative: DURING PREFLT AND ACCEPTANCE CHECK, I MISSED TWO CBS FOR FLAP OPS WERE TIE WRAPPED. APCHING MERCED ARPT, I CALLED FOR FLAPS. FO NOTICED THAT FLAPS WERE NOT EXTENDING. HE RECYCLED THE FLAP HANDLE BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. WE CHECKED THE CB PANEL AND FOUND FLAP MOTOR AND FLAP CTL CBS WERE TIE WRAPPED. (I BELIEVED THEY WERE TIE WRAPPED DURING MAINT TO PREVENT ACCIDENTAL FLAP OP.) BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY TOOLS WE COULDN'T CUT THOSE TIE WRAPS. I DECIDED TO MAKE A FLAPLESS LNDG. AFTER LNDG, DURING POST FLT CHECK, WE FOUND THE TAIL SKID HAD MINOR DAMAGE DUE TO GND CONTACT ON TOUCHDOWN. IF I OR FO HAD NOTICED THOSE TWO CBS WERE TIE WRAPPED FOR NO REASON, WE COULD HAVE CALLED MAINT DEPT TO VERIFY. IN FLAPLESS LNDG, I FLARED A LITTLE BIT TOO HIGH (NOSE HIGH) AND THAT IS THE CAUSE OF TAIL SKID CONTACT WITH GND. MAINT DEPT SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT CBS PULLED OUT AND TIE WRAPPED DURING MAINT ARE PUSHED IN UPON COMPLETION OF MAINT.

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.