First officer of B727 reports a hard landing and tail skid strike on landing at mmgl.

Attributes
ACN	591359
Time
Date	200308
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mmgl.airport
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 2500
ASRS Report	591359
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	ground encounters other other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	other other Other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft FAA Environmental Factor Flight Crew Human Performance Airport Company
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Captain flying visual approach into mmgl, and on landing experienced a tail skid strike. I believe he cut thrust reverser, reduced thrust too much, too early, and applied too much back elevator pressure causing too much pitch attitude and caused aircraft to land hard. I feel fatigue was the cause of the event. We all had been on duty over 14 hours, and in the aircraft over 8 hours, because of international duty requirements. Hopefully, these duty regulations can be reduced and day/night transitions eliminated. Fatigue distorts perceptions, judgements, and response time.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FO OF B727 RPTS A HARD LNDG AND TAIL SKID STRIKE ON LNDG AT MMGL.

Narrative: CAPT FLYING VISUAL APCH INTO MMGL, AND ON LNDG EXPERIENCED A TAIL SKID STRIKE. I BELIEVE HE CUT THRUST REVERSER, REDUCED THRUST TOO MUCH, TOO EARLY, AND APPLIED TOO MUCH BACK ELEVATOR PRESSURE CAUSING TOO MUCH PITCH ATTITUDE AND CAUSED ACFT TO LAND HARD. I FEEL FATIGUE WAS THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT. WE ALL HAD BEEN ON DUTY OVER 14 HRS, AND IN THE ACFT OVER 8 HRS, BECAUSE OF INTL DUTY REQUIREMENTS. HOPEFULLY, THESE DUTY REGULATIONS CAN BE REDUCED AND DAY/NIGHT TRANSITIONS ELIMINATED. FATIGUE DISTORTS PERCEPTIONS, JUDGEMENTS, AND RESPONSE TIME.

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.