A B767-300 CONTACTED THE TAIL SKID UPON LANDING AT LFPG FOLLOWING AN UNSTABILIZED APPROACH.

Date: 2008-09 · Aircraft: B767-300 and 300 ER

Anomalies: inflight-event-encounter-unstabilized-approach

Synopsis

A B767-300 CONTACTED THE TAIL SKID UPON LANDING AT LFPG FOLLOWING AN UNSTABILIZED APPROACH.

Narrative

CAPT'S LEG; VECTORING AND APCH FLOWN MOSTLY ON AUTOPLT/AUTOTHROTTLES. ILS AND GS INTERCEPT WERE NORMAL. AS WE APCHED THE FLARE AND TOUCHDOWN; I BELIEVE THE AUTOPLT HAD BEEN DISCONNECTED AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW 400 FT. THE AUTOTHROTTLES WERE NOT DISCONNECTED. THE 30 DEG FLAP REF SPD WAS 141 KTS; THE CAPT DIALED 145 KTS IN THE BUG SPD WINDOW ON THE FMP; AND THE AUTOTHROTTLES MAINTAINED THE SPD BETTER THAN MOST TIMES. AT AROUND 100 FT AGL; THE AUTOTHROTTLES WERE DISCONNECTED AND THE REMAINDER OF THE LNDG WAS FLOWN WITHOUT ANY AUTOMATION. AT THAT POINT (100 FT); I NOTICED AND CALLED OUT THE APCH WAS GOING 'FLAT;' AND CALLED OUT 1/2 DOT HIGH. WITHOUT MUCH; IF ANY; CORRECTION; WE WENT TO A FULL DOT HIGH; AND I CALLED OUT; FULL DOT DEFLECTION. THE CAPT CORRECTED BY A FAIRLY FIRM PUSHOVER AT OR AROUND 100 FT. THE AURAL CALLOUTS OF 50-30-20-10 CAME IN RAPID SUCCESSION. HIS CTL REVERSAL TO OFFSET THE PUSHOVER BELOW 100 FT CAME APPROX BTWN THE 20-30 FT CALLOUTS. THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN IN THE TOUCHDOWN ZONE AT APPROX THE 141 KT REF SPD ON THE MAINS AT A HIGHER THAN NORMAL FLARE ANGLE. THE AUTO SPD BRAKES CYCLED BUT DID NOT FULLY DEPLOY; AND STAY DEPLOYED. IT ALMOST FELT AS THOUGH WE MAY HAVE BOUNCED AND WERE FLYING AGAIN; BUT I DON'T THINK WE DID. THE NOSE WAS UP VERY HIGH AT THIS POINT AND SO; I AM NOT SURE IF WE DID COME OFF THE GND AGAIN OR NOT. MY GUT TOLD ME; AT THIS POINT; THAT WE GOT THE TAILSKID. WE PARKED AT THE HARDSTAND AND THE PAX WERE OFFLOADED BY BUSSES. THE RELIEF PLT AND I DISCUSSED WHAT WE BOTH FELT AND HOW TO APCH THE CAPT. ONE OF THE FLT ATTENDANTS FROM THE BACK ASKED ME WHAT THAT LOUD NOISE AT LNDG WAS. I WAS NOT SURE AND TOLD HER SO. WE DECIDED TO VIEW THE TAIL AND TAILSKID AREAS FIRST AND THEN MAKE OUR DECISION. A QUICK LOOK VERIFIED THE TAILSKID HAD DONE ITS JOB AND THE PRESSURE/PLUNGER INDICATOR WAS POPPED. IT WAS NOT CLOSE. I APCHED THE CAPT ON THE BUS AND TOLD HIM; 'YOU GOT THE TAIL' AND 'ARE YOU GONNA WRITE IT UP?' HIS REACTION WAS CALM; UNMOVED; AND; I FELT; IN DENIAL AS TO THE FACT THAT HE GOT THE SKID. THE RELIEF PLT APCHED HIM ALSO; AND THE RESULT WAS THE SAME. MAINT APCHED US ALL AFTER THE RELIEF PLT AND I ALSO SAW THE SKID. THE CAPT DID NOT INSPECT IT AND SEEMED NOT EVEN CURIOUS AT ALL DESPITE OUR INSPECTIONS. AT THAT POINT; THE 3 OF US (ME; THE RELIEF PLT; AND MAINT) ALL SUGGESTED THAT THE SKID HAD TO BE WRITTEN UP AND AT THAT POINT HE AGREED. THE WRITE-UP WAS MADE; ALTHOUGH I DID NOT SEE THE CAPT MAKE THE WRITE-UP; AND WE BOARDED THE BUS AND WENT TO THE HOTEL. THE CAPT SLEPT FOR MOST OF THE RIDE THERE. I FEEL THAT FATIGUE MAY BE A MAJOR FACTOR IN HIS LNDG; HIS REACTION; AND THE EVENTS OF TODAY.

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Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.