Widebody transport engine cowling fell off aircraft during takeoff.

Attributes
ACN	236775
Time
Date	199303
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : atl
State Reference	GA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time total : 2400
ASRS Report	236775
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Performed preflight with no abnormals remaining. After a normal start and taxi out, during takeoff roll we overheard a radio transmission stating that it appeared a part may have come off an aircraft of our type. There were no abnormal indications. After takeoff we eventually found out through our company by radio that an engine cowling had come off our aircraft. We returned to our airport for an uneventful landing. There were no abnormal indications throughout the flight. Post-flight revealed damage caused by cowling departing engine. There were no obvious reasons for this occurrence.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WDB ENG COWLING FELL OFF ACFT DURING TKOF.

Narrative: PERFORMED PREFLT WITH NO ABNORMALS REMAINING. AFTER A NORMAL START AND TAXI OUT, DURING TKOF ROLL WE OVERHEARD A RADIO XMISSION STATING THAT IT APPEARED A PART MAY HAVE COME OFF AN ACFT OF OUR TYPE. THERE WERE NO ABNORMAL INDICATIONS. AFTER TKOF WE EVENTUALLY FOUND OUT THROUGH OUR COMPANY BY RADIO THAT AN ENG COWLING HAD COME OFF OUR ACFT. WE RETURNED TO OUR ARPT FOR AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG. THERE WERE NO ABNORMAL INDICATIONS THROUGHOUT THE FLT. POST-FLT REVEALED DAMAGE CAUSED BY COWLING DEPARTING ENG. THERE WERE NO OBVIOUS REASONS FOR THIS OCCURRENCE.

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.