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A fairchild SA226TC incurred damage to the left aileron during cargo loading. Damage discovered after trip termination.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 361820 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199702 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : m52 |
| State Reference | TN |
| 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 | SA-226 TC Metro II |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 2900 flight time type : 480 |
| ASRS Report | 361820 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Feb/xx/97 I flew to M52 to pick up freight. During the loading process, the forklift operator must have damaged the left aileron of the aircraft. The damage to the aircraft was not discovered until reaching the destination, 22G. The damage to the aileron showed no adverse flight ctlability. Contributing factors: poor lighting at M52 during preflight. Normal preflight walkaround changed due to MEL on fuel gauges. Hurried preflight of aircraft at M52 due to urgent nature of freight delivery.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A FAIRCHILD SA226TC INCURRED DAMAGE TO THE L AILERON DURING CARGO LOADING. DAMAGE DISCOVERED AFTER TRIP TERMINATION.
Narrative: FEB/XX/97 I FLEW TO M52 TO PICK UP FREIGHT. DURING THE LOADING PROCESS, THE FORKLIFT OPERATOR MUST HAVE DAMAGED THE L AILERON OF THE ACFT. THE DAMAGE TO THE ACFT WAS NOT DISCOVERED UNTIL REACHING THE DEST, 22G. THE DAMAGE TO THE AILERON SHOWED NO ADVERSE FLT CTLABILITY. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: POOR LIGHTING AT M52 DURING PREFLT. NORMAL PREFLT WALKAROUND CHANGED DUE TO MEL ON FUEL GAUGES. HURRIED PREFLT OF ACFT AT M52 DUE TO URGENT NATURE OF FREIGHT DELIVERY.
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.