Heavy/Hard Landing
Our company proceedures reflect the Aircraft Maintenance Manual for the B737NG in that The Captain will decide if a hard landing Phase 1 inspection is required.If any damage is found by the engineer the PHASE TWO inspection is to be carried out which includes a DFDR download to see how hard it hit the ground,depending on the G`s what is inspected.
Heavy landings inspection require the captain to inform of normal/medium/heavy sink rate with possible DFDR download to confirm the extent of inspections