A B727 WAS CONTINUED IN SVC WITH A LOG RPT OF A R WING SCRAPE WITH NO PROPER LOGBOOK ENTRY CLRING THE ITEM.

Date: 1998-07 · Aircraft: B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model

Anomalies: conflict-ground-conflict|critical|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|inflight-event-encounter-loss-of-aircraft-control|other-unspecified

Synopsis

A B727 WAS CONTINUED IN SVC WITH A LOG RPT OF A R WING SCRAPE WITH NO PROPER LOGBOOK ENTRY CLRING THE ITEM.

Narrative

I WAS FLYING A B727 ON A FERRY FLT FROM MIA TO PIE. UPON LNDG AT PIE (RWY 35R) A BOUNCED LNDG OCCURRED. DURING THE RECOVERY; THE R WINGTIP MADE CONTACT WITH THE RWY CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE (SCRAPE TO TRAILING EDGE WINGTIP). OUR MAINT DEPT WAS NOTIFIED AND ADVISED OF THE DAMAGE. AFTER AN INSPECTION; THE ACFT CONTINUED IN SVC AND A LOGBOOK ENTRY WAS MADE. THE FE FAILED TO MAKE A PROPER LOGBOOK ENTRY CLRING THE ITEM AND I INADVERTENTLY CONTINUED TO FLY THEREAFTER. THE PROB WAS DISCOVERED AT THE END OF THE DAY. THE APCH TO THE RWY WAS STABILIZED; THE ONLY PROB OBSERVED BY THE CREW MIGHT HAVE POSSIBLY BEEN A 70 DEG XWIND. VREF SPD +8 KTS WAS HELD DOWN TO ABOUT 20 FT ABOVE THE RWY WHEN I NOTICED A RAPID RATE OF DSCNT AND THE AIRSPD RAPIDLY DECREASING. (IT FELT LIKE SOMEONE TOOK THE TAIL AND JUST PUSHED IT DOWN.) IN OVER 3000 HRS OF FLYING THIS AIRPLANE; I HAD NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS TYPE OF REACTION. I IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT IN THE PWR AND EXECUTED A GAR. BEFORE THE ACFT RESPONDED; THE MAIN GEAR TOUCHED THE RWY AND THE ACFT BOUNCED. A SECOND LIGHTER TOUCH OCCURRED BEFORE THE ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE. THE ACFT RETURNED AND LANDED.

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