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Ground vehicle at ewr hits and damages trailing edge flap on large transport. Damage not discovered until in flight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 123395 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198909 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ewr |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 4500 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 123395 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | other personnel |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
During flight ewr to rdu, deadheading crew member advised my crew of damage to trailing edge left wing outboard flap. Continued to destination without incident or degradation of flight performance. Advised after flight that damage was done prior to flight. I believe a ground vehicle ran into the flap. More vigilance by ground vehicle personnel and/or flight engineers during preflight would curb this problem's recurrence.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: GND VEHICLE AT EWR HITS AND DAMAGES TRAILING EDGE FLAP ON LGT. DAMAGE NOT DISCOVERED UNTIL IN FLT.
Narrative: DURING FLT EWR TO RDU, DEADHEADING CREW MEMBER ADVISED MY CREW OF DAMAGE TO TRAILING EDGE LEFT WING OUTBOARD FLAP. CONTINUED TO DEST WITHOUT INCIDENT OR DEGRADATION OF FLT PERFORMANCE. ADVISED AFTER FLT THAT DAMAGE WAS DONE PRIOR TO FLT. I BELIEVE A GND VEHICLE RAN INTO THE FLAP. MORE VIGILANCE BY GND VEHICLE PERSONNEL AND/OR FLT ENGINEERS DURING PREFLT WOULD CURB THIS PROBLEM'S RECURRENCE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.