Tail strike during landing when flight encounters wind shear.

Attributes
ACN	92998
Time
Date	198808
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : hnl
State Reference	HI
Altitude	msl bound lower : 13 msl bound upper : 100
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : hnl tower : sfo
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	landing other
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 4 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 214 flight time total : 11528 flight time type : 9116
ASRS Report	92998
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 3800 flight time type : 900
ASRS Report	92999
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : weather other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Just prior to the landing flare, aircraft experienced loss of airspeed and excessive sink rate. First officer advanced throttles and rotated nose up. Aircraft T/D on runway on main gears and tail. During final approach, widebody transport was cleared to taxi across approach end of 08L--southbound. Wind was reported to be about 060-10 KTS. Widebody transport was taxiing slowly and tower advised widebody transport to expedite taxi, as we were approaching short final. In my opinion, a combination of wind shear and the jet blast from the widebody transport that went northeast of the runway, drifted back across the runway; which we entered while still airborne, caused a loss of lift and airspeed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TAIL STRIKE DURING LNDG WHEN FLT ENCOUNTERS WIND SHEAR.

Narrative: JUST PRIOR TO THE LNDG FLARE, ACFT EXPERIENCED LOSS OF AIRSPD AND EXCESSIVE SINK RATE. F/O ADVANCED THROTTLES AND ROTATED NOSE UP. ACFT T/D ON RWY ON MAIN GEARS AND TAIL. DURING FINAL APCH, WDB WAS CLRED TO TAXI ACROSS APCH END OF 08L--SBND. WIND WAS RPTED TO BE ABOUT 060-10 KTS. WDB WAS TAXIING SLOWLY AND TWR ADVISED WDB TO EXPEDITE TAXI, AS WE WERE APCHING SHORT FINAL. IN MY OPINION, A COMBINATION OF WIND SHEAR AND THE JET BLAST FROM THE WDB THAT WENT NE OF THE RWY, DRIFTED BACK ACROSS THE RWY; WHICH WE ENTERED WHILE STILL AIRBORNE, CAUSED A LOSS OF LIFT AND AIRSPD.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.