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Ground crew found fuselage skin damage to an medium large transport parked at the gate resulting in the aircraft taken OTS and ferried to maintenance for repair.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 326474 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199601 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : elp |
| State Reference | TX |
| 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 | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| ASRS Report | 326474 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
On arrival in elp XD59 local jan/fri/96, ground personnel discovered an approximately 3/4 inch tear in the skin of the aircraft in the aft edge of the door frame of the aft cargo bin. The first officer completed a preflight inspection of the aircraft in atlanta upon arrival of the aircraft at approximately XA00 local and noted no damage at this time, therefore, damage is estimated to have happened after this time. The first officer states that the cargo loaders were up to the airplane at the time of this exterior inspection. Further passenger service was discontinued upon discovery of the skin tear in elp and all requirements for ferry flight to dfw were met.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: GND CREW FOUND FUSELAGE SKIN DAMAGE TO AN MLG PARKED AT THE GATE RESULTING IN THE ACFT TAKEN OTS AND FERRIED TO MAINT FOR REPAIR.
Narrative: ON ARR IN ELP XD59 LCL JAN/FRI/96, GND PERSONNEL DISCOVERED AN APPROX 3/4 INCH TEAR IN THE SKIN OF THE ACFT IN THE AFT EDGE OF THE DOOR FRAME OF THE AFT CARGO BIN. THE FO COMPLETED A PREFLT INSPECTION OF THE ACFT IN ATLANTA UPON ARR OF THE ACFT AT APPROX XA00 LCL AND NOTED NO DAMAGE AT THIS TIME, THEREFORE, DAMAGE IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE HAPPENED AFTER THIS TIME. THE FO STATES THAT THE CARGO LOADERS WERE UP TO THE AIRPLANE AT THE TIME OF THIS EXTERIOR INSPECTION. FURTHER PAX SVC WAS DISCONTINUED UPON DISCOVERY OF THE SKIN TEAR IN ELP AND ALL REQUIREMENTS FOR FERRY FLT TO DFW WERE MET.
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.