Flight crew loses upper panel on left main gear door.

Attributes
ACN	314568
Time
Date	199508
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zau
State Reference	IL
Altitude	msl bound lower : 9000 msl bound upper : 9000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zau
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	enroute other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time total : 1700
ASRS Report	314568
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Preflight normal. During cruise, flight attendant reported loose panel on left side of aircraft. No abnormal cockpit indications. Flight landed without incident. Postflt revealed upper panel of left main gear door had separated.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC LOSES UPPER PANEL ON L MAIN GEAR DOOR.

Narrative: PREFLT NORMAL. DURING CRUISE, FLT ATTENDANT RPTED LOOSE PANEL ON L SIDE OF ACFT. NO ABNORMAL COCKPIT INDICATIONS. FLT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. POSTFLT REVEALED UPPER PANEL OF L MAIN GEAR DOOR HAD SEPARATED.

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.