B737-800
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 190
Training / Qualification
Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft
General Maintenance Action
Weather; Human Factors
Gusty crosswind condition taking off. I was PF and during rotation we felt a bump; but thought it was the main landing gear possibly contacting the runway again after initial rotation. After landing we realized that it was a tail strike. We made sure that the airplane was operating and pressurizing normally and once it was verified that it was we continued to our destination. We had never experienced a tailstrike before; so we were unsure what that condition felt like. I felt like the rotation was normal and was surprised to find that we did experience a tailstrike.
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B737-800 flight crew experienced a bump during rotation in strong gusty crosswinds; but was not sure what caused it. Upon arrival; it was determined that a tailstrike occurred.