AMS/EHAM/Schiphol/04-01-2012 Air Astana tailstrike

[maarten-sr]

sorry voor het niet English publiceren van onderstaande tekst, later zal ik het vertalen
Vandaag vertrok de P4-KCA als KC904 om 12.39 vanaf baan 24 en maakte een tailstrike zie de foto hieronder
een aardige rookpluim ontwikkelde zich achter de kist
het schijnt zelfs op het nieuws(radio) geweest te zijn maar heb dit niet zelf gehoord
de B767 heeft zijn start niet afgebroken en is daarna doorgevlogen, ter hoogte van Apeldoorn omgekeerd en terug naar Schiphol
heeft boven Noord-Holland in de holding gevlogen waarschijnlijk tot brandstof zo goed als op was
en is daarna veilig geland op baan 27 om 14.56
photo 700mm & crop
misschien heeft iemand nog aanvullende informatie of correctie op mijn verhaal

P4-KCA B767 Air Astana tail strike by maarten-sr, on Flickr


route from Apeldoorn after turning back to Schiphol, screenshot from my iPhone

P4-KCA route after tail strike by maarten-sr, on Flickr


finally, happy landing on runway 27 after more than two hours after take-off

P4-KCA B767 Air Astana happy landing after tail strike by maarten-sr, on Flickr

[ReneHenckens]

Dus toch een tailstrike
Dat is niet zo best. Gelukkig is de terugkeer verder goed verlopen


edit: would you mind if I post my pics of today in this topic? or would you like to keep this one for the tailstrike?

[LarsEHAM]

After reading this story I remember shooting Astana landing on 27 later that day
Thanks for the information Maarten!

Here is my shot of the tailstrike

Tailstrike B767 by LarsVeling, on Flickr

And safely back on 27

20120104-IMG_9936.jpg by LarsVeling, on Flickr

Conformation of the reg P4-KCA

20120104-IMG_9943.jpg by LarsVeling, on Flickr

[Hurricane]

Small detail; the part seen scraping over the rwy is the tail skid (metal/rubber bump at the rear, preventing the fuselage structure to grind over any surface) so that part functions as it should do.

[wild weasel]

Scratch the tail! Nice capture guys!

[lexie2797]

here's my share of the tailstrike pretty much the same as lars but that isn't strange because he was standing next to me or the other way around

#1
_MG_7695 by lexie2797, on Flickr

#2
_MG_7810 by lexie2797, on Flickr

[nustyR]

That's a catch

[Stratofreighter]

Quite some vapour on the "tailstrike-shots"...

[ErikFB]

Nice shots gentlemen !!! Indeed is the tail protected by a skid, but due to that the crew decided to come back again to EHAM.

[Delta12]

Explains alot, that why I saw it on approach again around 14:45.

[angel77]

Has the plane left again EHAM ? Or still here for observation / repairs ?

[Tyno]

Great catch

(luckily) something you don't see every day.

[tomba2247]

Funny how 3 guys have the same moment!! Nice catch you die hards

[CoHaBa]

No one has pics more from the side? Nice to catch this moment.

[76-er]

...de B767 heeft zijn start niet afgebroken...

... misschien heeft iemand nog aanvullende informatie of correctie op mijn verhaal...

After V1, which is somewhere in the latter part of the takeoff roll, you're not supposed to abort a takeoff. If they would have, they'd have ended up on the A4 somewhere..

The EICAS message "tailskid" will probably have popped up on the flight deck, indicating to the crew what happened.