First officer misses access panel that is not on aircraft during his preflight in a night operation. Panel replaced next day upon aircraft's return from flight.

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Attributes
ACN	245942
Time
Date	199307
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bdl
State Reference	CT
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	245942
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

On jul/wed/93 at approximately XA45 local. Maintenance at bdl released aircraft with an access panel missing. I preflted aircraft according to the FAA approved airplane flight manual and in accordance with our company training. Upon return to bdl on jul/thu/93 at approximately XM15 local (approximately 13 1/2 hours later), aircraft was met by maintenance bradley with the access panel in possession.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FO MISSES ACCESS PANEL THAT IS NOT ON ACFT DURING HIS PREFLT IN A NIGHT OP. PANEL REPLACED NEXT DAY UPON ACFT'S RETURN FROM FLT.

Narrative: ON JUL/WED/93 AT APPROX XA45 LCL. MAINT AT BDL RELEASED ACFT WITH AN ACCESS PANEL MISSING. I PREFLTED ACFT ACCORDING TO THE FAA APPROVED AIRPLANE FLT MANUAL AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR COMPANY TRAINING. UPON RETURN TO BDL ON JUL/THU/93 AT APPROX XM15 LCL (APPROX 13 1/2 HRS LATER), ACFT WAS MET BY MAINT BRADLEY WITH THE ACCESS PANEL IN POSSESSION.

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.