Small aircraft pilot misses hail damage on preflight inspection.

Attributes
ACN	274620
Time
Date	199406
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sd32
State Reference	SD
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 25 flight time total : 700 flight time type : 500
ASRS Report	274620
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Weather
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

On the evening of jun/xx/94, a thunderstorm came through the murdo area where my cessna 182 was tied down. 3 days later when I preflted the aircraft the skies were overcast and it was raining. A complete preflight inspection was accomplished and I flew from murdo to waukesha, wisconsin, arriving at sunset. I put the aircraft in the hangar and went home. Next morning I went to the hangar to fly the aircraft and noticed hail damage to the horizontal surfaces. It appears that the falling rain at murdo prevented me from seeing the damage when I did my preflight inspection previous to flying home.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA PLT MISSES HAIL DAMAGE ON PREFLT INSPECTION.

Narrative: ON THE EVENING OF JUN/XX/94, A TSTM CAME THROUGH THE MURDO AREA WHERE MY CESSNA 182 WAS TIED DOWN. 3 DAYS LATER WHEN I PREFLTED THE ACFT THE SKIES WERE OVCST AND IT WAS RAINING. A COMPLETE PREFLT INSPECTION WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND I FLEW FROM MURDO TO WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN, ARRIVING AT SUNSET. I PUT THE ACFT IN THE HANGAR AND WENT HOME. NEXT MORNING I WENT TO THE HANGAR TO FLY THE ACFT AND NOTICED HAIL DAMAGE TO THE HORIZ SURFACES. IT APPEARS THAT THE FALLING RAIN AT MURDO PREVENTED ME FROM SEEING THE DAMAGE WHEN I DID MY PREFLT INSPECTION PREVIOUS TO FLYING HOME.

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.