Alaska Boeing 727-290/Adv Tail Scrape on Departure

[fryanventu]

why this sort of things happened? Maybe the pilot wasn't at school when they talked about Vspeeds...

[iTiDarkenedK]

@fryanventu It was actually pretty easy to tail stike a 727..

[SLMAIRWAYS]

I agree with the ppl that ask how you can hear the plane "tail strike" over the engines! It also looks close but I don't think they hit, even if they did there is a piece on all planes that prevent damage to the tail in case one occurs! :)

[TheTriamigos]

0:51 Wah?? Where's the rocket? Oh wait that's a 727 :D great video!

[MrFlyguy124]

Very common. thats why they put that little piece of metal there

[DetEJagDe]

Very good clip!

[AccessAir]

Yeah I heard it too.... It was just doing its job!!! Great vid!!!

[poodleslayer]

Seattle-bound from where?

[RyanBomar]

@poodleslayer, (BUR) Burbank, CA

[ekollon72]

That was BAD, close to disaster

[RicardoNY1]

If you listen closely to the audio, you can actually hear the tail strike. It's a dull sound, but it's there.

[RyanBomar]

@RicardoNY1, I thought I may have heard that, I wasn't sure.

[RicardoNY1]

@RyanBomar It's 100% there......dull, but very distinctive. Sounds almost like a board or planks being dropped.

[aserna32]

@RicardoNY1 Um. . . no you cant. . . (dumass)

[RicardoNY1]

@aserna32 You're 33 and a prick with bad hearing or cheap speakers. Sort your life out moron. It's not too late.

[archer49d]

@RicardoNY1 Highly doubt you'd hear it over the sound of 3 JT8s at full power. Also, it looks like it was just the rubber bumper than was "scraped".

[juansait]

why would this happen? i mean did the pilot rotate too early?

[StCatharinesRailFan8]

@juansait He just brings the nose up too far for that altitude. the result of pulling back too far on the control column too early. Once he is clear of the ground, that is the normal climb attitude for a 722

[rrz518]

I wonder if the pilot is aware when this happens?

[AirbusA330Pilot]

I think it is not a tail scrape, looks like it was just extremely tight but it actually did not touch the runway.

[StargateTravel]

It may looks as if, but I'm not certain there was actually a tail scrape.I guess we would see some smoke otherwise.

[hammerogod]

727s were notorious for minor tail strikes.

When they first came into service a lot of pilots got into trouble because of over-rotations on take off.

Most airlines put a stop to it very quickly by adopting very strict assent angle guidlines and lots of simulator time.

At airports where noise abatement rules were strict, like Lindbergh Field, 727s still banged the tail once in a while.

It was not unusual to see sparks behind a departing 727 at night.

You might enjoy this:

/watch?v=5IY-jkT_sMw

[viperRX]

wow

[QuickBurn70]

Too bad that wasn't at night like in the MD-80 video...

[myrandomspaces]

I didn't see it at first, great to see that guard doing its job.