Garuda B738 at Jakarta on Mar 30th 2023, tail scrape on landing

Last Update: June 27, 2023 / 19:32:37 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 30, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
Garuda Indonesia

Flight number
GA-867

Departure
Bangkok, Thailand

Destination
Jakarta, Indonesia

Aircraft Registration
PK-GMC

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

Airport
Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta

Airport ICAO Code
WIII

A Garuda Boeing 737-800, registration PK-GMC performing flight GA-867 from Bangkok (Thailand) to Jakarta (Indonesia) with 76 passengers and 8 crew, landed on Jakarta's runway 25R at 17:53L (10:53Z) but bounced, the tail contacted the runway surface. The aircraft rolled out without further incident and taxied to the apron.

A post flight inspection revealed evidence of a tail scrape with minor damage to the tail skid damper and scratches on the lower surface of the aft fuselage skin.

Indoensia's KNKT released their preliminary report summarizing the sequence of events:

At 0729 UTC (1429 LT), in daylight conditions, the aircraft departed Bangkok and cruised at an altitude of 35,000 feet. On board of the aircraft were two pilots, six flight attendants, and 76 passengers. The PIC (34, ATPL, 7,398 hours total, 1,503 hours on type) acted as Pilot Monitoring (PM), and the SIC (26,CPL, 534 hours total, 534 hours on type) acted as Pilot Flying (PF). The flight was uneventful until the aircraft approached Jakarta.

The aircraft was instructed to descend while about 20 NM before reaching the planned top of the descent. During approach, the aircraft was vectored by the Air Traffic Controller (ATC) to maintain separation with the other aircraft.

At 1049 UTC, the pilot reported establishing localizer runway 25R while descending passed the altitude of about 2,500 feet. At 1051 UTC, the aircraft received landing clearance from ATC.

On final approach at an altitude of about 700 feet, the autopilot and autothrottle disengaged, and the pilot started manual flying. When the altitude was about 300 feet, the PIC noticed that the N1 engine was about 53%, then increased the throttle lever to about 57% N1 and informed the SIC. While passing the runway threshold, the PIC noticed that the Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) altitude callout interval was quicker than normal and the PIC assisted in holding the control column during the flare-out. The aircraft was experiencing bouncing during touchdown. On the second touchdown, the pilot felt a fairly harder touchdown than the first touchdown. After landing, the pilot continued to taxi to the apron. After the aircraft stopped at the parking stand, the pilot advised the engineer to perform a walkaround check and found the lower surface on the aft fuselage skin and tailskid damper were scratched and deflected respectively.

Metars:
WIII 301200Z 30005KT 9999 FEW022 28/25 Q1008 NOSIG=
WIII 301130Z 30003KT 9999 FEW020 28/26 Q1008 NOSIG=
WIII 301100Z 31003KT 9999 FEW020 29/26 Q1007 NOSIG=
WIII 301030Z 33005KT 9999 FEW018TCU SCT020 29/26 Q1007 NOSIG RMK TCU TO SE=
WIII 301000Z 34005KT 8000 VCTS FEW016CB BKN020 29/26 Q1006 RERA NOSIG RMK CB TO E=
WIII 300930Z 31004KT 6000 VCTS -RA FEW016CB BKN020 28/26 Q1006 NOSIG RMK CB TO E AND SE=
COR WIII 300900Z 34009KT 9999 FEW016CB BKN020 30/26 Q1006 TEMPO FM0910 5000 -RA RMK CB TO S AND W=
WIII 300830Z 34008KT 310V010 9999 SCT022 31/26 Q1006 NOSIG=
WIII 300800Z 35007KT 9999 FEW022 30/26 Q1006 NOSIG=
WIII 300730Z 01006KT 9999 FEW022 29/26 Q1007 NOSIG=
WIII 300700Z 01004KT 8000 FEW020 28/26 Q1007 RERA NOSIG=
WIII 300630Z VRB03KT 6000 -RA FEW020 27/25 Q1008 NOSIG=
WIII 300600Z VRB02KT 6000 -RA FEW018CB SCT020 25/25 Q1008 NOSIG RMK CB TO E=