Turkish tailstrike

[babemagnet]

Incredible Tail Strike and Go Around Turkish Boeing 737-900 TC-JYA at Malaga AGP - YouTube

[GoreTex]

Turkish had way too many crashes the last 15 years, most of them in turkey tho

[Semaphore Sam]

What was the year/day of the Turkish? Any idea? Sam

[vfenext]

Actually that video shows an unstable approach outside the touchdown zone which should have led to a go around. Ignorance?

[Stalker_]

I think its a good video man, thanks for sharing

[JeroenC]

Vfnext, I can see theTDZ markings. What are you talking about?

[CaptainProp]

As far as I can see on this video that's no tailstrike at all. They bounced on first touchdown, lost airspeed on the bounce, hence the high pitch and almost having a tailstrike, which lead to a balked / rejected landing.

There is a tendency for pilots to keep increasing pitch in these situations to "save" a hard touchdown. A go around / rejected landing (call it what you want) is often the safest solution though.

CP

[vfenext]

The post I was talking about was deleted. Conveniently! However it showed a Monarch unstable approach.

[alternatelaw]

Tail kiss

Excellent video !
Turkish masters at their best 😱according to reliably sources its on the increase across the whole fleets due to lack of training experience and disciplines, especally on the 900.
Good Frights.
I am sure an ASR will not be found if reported as with more interesting events.
Alt

[WASALOADIE]

Looks to me like he pressed the go around button after the first bounce, then the a/c sank onto the runway again before engines spooled up, resultant power pitch coupled with a pilot pitch demand, pitched the nose up and the tail bumper (not tailwheel!) touched. Not a drastic problem, depends upon how hard the tail bumper touched, would be checked by engineering staff.

[Lord Spandex Masher]

Couldn't have pressed TOGA after the first bounce as the spoilers deployed on the second touch down which also exacerbated the pitch up.

[WalterMitty]

I think you mean could have pressed toga but nothing would have happened??

[Lord Spandex Masher]

Nope......

[Armchairflyer]

Question from a mere occasional spamcan-flyer (apart from the armchair stuff): was the bounce really that bad as to necessitate a go-around? To my layman's eyes it appears that just keeping the pitch attitude constant and letting the airplane settle on the runway after the first bounce would have been a non-event.

[172_driver]

Question from a mere occasional spamcan-flyer (apart from the armchair stuff): was the bounce really that bad as to necessitate a go-around? To my layman's eyes it appears that just keeping the pitch attitude constant and letting the airplane settle on the runway after the first bounce would have been a non-event.

Decision probably best left to the PF's instinct in the very short frame of time. But you are right that a bounce doesn't necessarily mean you have to go around. The FCTM, an advisory document on flying technique, suggests both methods favoring a go-around if the bounce is particularly bad. Just be aware of the pitch up tendency and don't rotate too fast.

[Mr Angry from Purley]

5N-HMB TC-JCI | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
and another recent mishap in Lagos

[Farrell]

Yanbancy, you beat me to it!