Fuel door panel of a B737 was left open or came open in-flight causing damage to the leading edge wi...

Attributes
ACN	377553
Time
Date	199708
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dut
State Reference	AK
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	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
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	pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 14400 flight time type : 4200
ASRS Report	377553
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	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Fueling panel door was left or came open. Damaged leading edge slats. No abnormal cockpit indications, landed without incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FUEL DOOR PANEL OF A B737 WAS LEFT OPEN OR CAME OPEN INFLT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE WING SLAT.

Narrative: FUELING PANEL DOOR WAS LEFT OR CAME OPEN. DAMAGED LEADING EDGE SLATS. NO ABNORMAL COCKPIT INDICATIONS, LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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.

Fuel door panel of a B737 was left open or came open in-flight causing damage to the leading edge wing slat.