Air carrier light transport aircraft damaged by ground equipment.

Attributes
ACN	236543
Time
Date	199303
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : rdu
State Reference	NC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : btr
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 260 flight time total : 3500 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	236543
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	236943
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

During the preflight of air carrier flight number, no discrepancies were noted. We flew flight number to orf and during the post-flight inspection no discrepancies were noted. We flew flight number back to rdu and about 30 mins after landing the maintenance personnel discovered a dent in the right side of the fuselage just aft of the wing. Apparently a piece of ground equipment made contact with the aircraft either in orf after our post-flight inspection or in rdu after we taxied in to the gate.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR LTT ACFT DAMAGED BY GND EQUIP.

Narrative: DURING THE PREFLT OF ACR FLT NUMBER, NO DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED. WE FLEW FLT NUMBER TO ORF AND DURING THE POST-FLT INSPECTION NO DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED. WE FLEW FLT NUMBER BACK TO RDU AND ABOUT 30 MINS AFTER LNDG THE MAINT PERSONNEL DISCOVERED A DENT IN THE R SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE JUST AFT OF THE WING. APPARENTLY A PIECE OF GND EQUIP MADE CONTACT WITH THE ACFT EITHER IN ORF AFTER OUR POST-FLT INSPECTION OR IN RDU AFTER WE TAXIED IN TO THE GATE.

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.