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Tail strike on a departure B737 when the first officer over-rotated during a loss of 5 KTS of airspeed at cle.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 622364 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200311 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cle.airport |
| State Reference | OH |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Weather Elements | Windshear Snow Turbulence |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff ground : takeoff roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 19500 flight time type : 11000 |
| ASRS Report | 622364 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ground encounters other non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : printer other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : insufficient time |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft Environmental Factor |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
First officer's takeoff at vr, he started his rotation. Airspeed stayed at 156 KTS (vr) momentarily. After rotation was started, lost approximately 5 KTS of airspeed. First officer continued the takeoff. I indicated to first officer to watch his pitch as we were going through 10 degrees. Got a pitch report off the printer and called cle maintenance that we had a possible tail strike. We did not feel or hear anything indicating a tail strike. Maintenance gave the ok to continue on to lax. After landing in lax, we had maintenance inspect the aircraft and found that the tailskid was compressed with about 1/2
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: TAIL STRIKE ON A DEP B737 WHEN THE FO OVER-ROTATED DURING A LOSS OF 5 KTS OF AIRSPD AT CLE.
Narrative: FO'S TKOF AT VR, HE STARTED HIS ROTATION. AIRSPD STAYED AT 156 KTS (VR) MOMENTARILY. AFTER ROTATION WAS STARTED, LOST APPROX 5 KTS OF AIRSPD. FO CONTINUED THE TKOF. I INDICATED TO FO TO WATCH HIS PITCH AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH 10 DEGS. GOT A PITCH RPT OFF THE PRINTER AND CALLED CLE MAINT THAT WE HAD A POSSIBLE TAIL STRIKE. WE DID NOT FEEL OR HEAR ANYTHING INDICATING A TAIL STRIKE. MAINT GAVE THE OK TO CONTINUE ON TO LAX. AFTER LNDG IN LAX, WE HAD MAINT INSPECT THE ACFT AND FOUND THAT THE TAILSKID WAS COMPRESSED WITH ABOUT 1/2
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.