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Flight crew of commuter light transport failed to detect that the aircraft had suffered a lightning strike on the previous flight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 127137 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198910 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : iah |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 175 flight time total : 2863 flight time type : 1012 |
| ASRS Report | 127137 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
The problem arose in the afternoon on 10/tue/89. The chief pilot called me. He asked if I had flown the aircraft into our home base, and asked if I realized that the aircraft had taken a lightning strike. I said no, that I did not. Evidently the aircraft had taken the lightning strike sometime the day before while flying in the adverse WX. The chief pilot then asked me what kind of WX I had flown in that day. I said there was no WX such as thunderstorms--it was basically just some low clouds with the tops around 3000-4000' and some steady light rain on top of the overcast. Evidently the strike occurred sometime on the previous day, 10/mon/89. The lightning strike was discovered tue morning by a team of main men during a routine 48-hour line check. I believe that the only correct action that should be taken might be more diligence during a preflight and maybe on days of adverse WX a team of maintenance men should do spot inspections for damage due to adverse WX.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT CREW OF COMMUTER LTT FAILED TO DETECT THAT THE ACFT HAD SUFFERED A LIGHTNING STRIKE ON THE PREVIOUS FLT.
Narrative: THE PROB AROSE IN THE AFTERNOON ON 10/TUE/89. THE CHIEF PLT CALLED ME. HE ASKED IF I HAD FLOWN THE ACFT INTO OUR HOME BASE, AND ASKED IF I REALIZED THAT THE ACFT HAD TAKEN A LIGHTNING STRIKE. I SAID NO, THAT I DID NOT. EVIDENTLY THE ACFT HAD TAKEN THE LIGHTNING STRIKE SOMETIME THE DAY BEFORE WHILE FLYING IN THE ADVERSE WX. THE CHIEF PLT THEN ASKED ME WHAT KIND OF WX I HAD FLOWN IN THAT DAY. I SAID THERE WAS NO WX SUCH AS TSTMS--IT WAS BASICALLY JUST SOME LOW CLOUDS WITH THE TOPS AROUND 3000-4000' AND SOME STEADY LIGHT RAIN ON TOP OF THE OVCST. EVIDENTLY THE STRIKE OCCURRED SOMETIME ON THE PREVIOUS DAY, 10/MON/89. THE LIGHTNING STRIKE WAS DISCOVERED TUE MORNING BY A TEAM OF MAIN MEN DURING A ROUTINE 48-HR LINE CHK. I BELIEVE THAT THE ONLY CORRECT ACTION THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN MIGHT BE MORE DILIGENCE DURING A PREFLT AND MAYBE ON DAYS OF ADVERSE WX A TEAM OF MAINT MEN SHOULD DO SPOT INSPECTIONS FOR DAMAGE DUE TO ADVERSE WX.
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.