Air carrier crew discovers aircraft skin damage. They elect to carry it to the next maintenance station without reporting it to maintenance.

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Attributes
ACN	480050
Time
Date	200007
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : boi.airport
State Reference	ID
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 3000 flight time type : 400
ASRS Report	480050
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 1500 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	479179
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe ground encounters other non adherence : far non adherence : company policies
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Maintenance Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

We flew from msp to boi on jul/mon/00. While on ground at boi, first officer noted scratch on left side of fuselage and brought it to my attention. It was just below and aft of the forward entry door, and was barely visible while standing in the jetway. I let captain know and he looked at it also. To all 3 of us it looked like a scratch and from its location we knew the boise jetway did not cause it. The captain elected to continue on our return leg to minneapolis. After our arrival at msp, I passed along to maintenance the scratch we noticed. When they pulled the jetway away and in a better lighting situation than we had in boi, you could see it was a silver dollar size dent, not just a scratch. Maintenance sanded it down and performed an ultrasound on it. It cleared and we continued on with it to cle. It looked obvious to me a jetway caused it on a previous flight that day or several days prior. It was very difficult to see so who knows how long ago it happened. We should have taken a closer look at it in boi and reported it to their maintenance.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR CREW DISCOVERS ACFT SKIN DAMAGE. THEY ELECT TO CARRY IT TO THE NEXT MAINT STATION WITHOUT RPTING IT TO MAINT.

Narrative: WE FLEW FROM MSP TO BOI ON JUL/MON/00. WHILE ON GND AT BOI, FO NOTED SCRATCH ON L SIDE OF FUSELAGE AND BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTN. IT WAS JUST BELOW AND AFT OF THE FORWARD ENTRY DOOR, AND WAS BARELY VISIBLE WHILE STANDING IN THE JETWAY. I LET CAPT KNOW AND HE LOOKED AT IT ALSO. TO ALL 3 OF US IT LOOKED LIKE A SCRATCH AND FROM ITS LOCATION WE KNEW THE BOISE JETWAY DID NOT CAUSE IT. THE CAPT ELECTED TO CONTINUE ON OUR RETURN LEG TO MINNEAPOLIS. AFTER OUR ARR AT MSP, I PASSED ALONG TO MAINT THE SCRATCH WE NOTICED. WHEN THEY PULLED THE JETWAY AWAY AND IN A BETTER LIGHTING SIT THAN WE HAD IN BOI, YOU COULD SEE IT WAS A SILVER DOLLAR SIZE DENT, NOT JUST A SCRATCH. MAINT SANDED IT DOWN AND PERFORMED AN ULTRASOUND ON IT. IT CLRED AND WE CONTINUED ON WITH IT TO CLE. IT LOOKED OBVIOUS TO ME A JETWAY CAUSED IT ON A PREVIOUS FLT THAT DAY OR SEVERAL DAYS PRIOR. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE SO WHO KNOWS HOW LONG AGO IT HAPPENED. WE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN A CLOSER LOOK AT IT IN BOI AND RPTED IT TO THEIR MAINT.

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.