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Articulating right main gear door departed aircraft. Apparently on approach to hnl when gear was extended. Damaged wing flap fairing and horizontal stabilizer.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 154059 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199008 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : hnl |
| State Reference | HI |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : nrt |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 10000 |
| ASRS Report | 154059 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 7500 flight time type : 4000 |
| ASRS Report | 154060 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
While setting up cockpit for our next leg of flight; we overheard xmissions through ground personnel's radio that our aircraft had mechanical problems. Sent first officer out to investigate. He reported back that our horizontal stabilizer had significant damage. Sometime during the previous leg, the articulating gear door on the right main gear had left the aircraft, resulting in damage to the wing flap hinge fairing and horizontal stabilizer. We think the door broke when the gear was extended, but we were unaware of anything being wrong with the aircraft. When I left the cockpit to inspect the damage, maintenance personnel were already making plans to tow the aircraft to the hangar. No one called us about the damage or to inspect our aircraft. Had it not been for the cleaners on board the aircraft, we would have been the last people to find out about the damage.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ARTICULATING RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOOR DEPARTED ACFT. APPARENTLY ON APCH TO HNL WHEN GEAR WAS EXTENDED. DAMAGED WING FLAP FAIRING AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.
Narrative: WHILE SETTING UP COCKPIT FOR OUR NEXT LEG OF FLT; WE OVERHEARD XMISSIONS THROUGH GND PERSONNEL'S RADIO THAT OUR ACFT HAD MECHANICAL PROBS. SENT F/O OUT TO INVESTIGATE. HE RPTED BACK THAT OUR HORIZ STABILIZER HAD SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. SOMETIME DURING THE PREVIOUS LEG, THE ARTICULATING GEAR DOOR ON THE R MAIN GEAR HAD L THE ACFT, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE WING FLAP HINGE FAIRING AND HORIZ STABILIZER. WE THINK THE DOOR BROKE WHEN THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED, BUT WE WERE UNAWARE OF ANYTHING BEING WRONG WITH THE ACFT. WHEN I LEFT THE COCKPIT TO INSPECT THE DAMAGE, MAINT PERSONNEL WERE ALREADY MAKING PLANS TO TOW THE ACFT TO THE HANGAR. NO ONE CALLED US ABOUT THE DAMAGE OR TO INSPECT OUR ACFT. HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE CLEANERS ON BOARD THE ACFT, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN THE LAST PEOPLE TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE DAMAGE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.