B737-700 flight crew discovers aircraft damage after landing.

Attributes
ACN	693443
Time
Date	200604
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-700
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
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	693443
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time type : 2500
ASRS Report	693443
Events
Anomaly	ground encounters : vehicle
Independent Detector	other other : 3
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other other other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance Maintenance Human Performance

Narrative:

After arriving in ZZZ1; maintenance did a maintenance walkaround for our jet and discovered significant damage around the aft cargo door frame. After conferring with engineering; aircraft was taken OTS and flight abc was canceled. No damage was noted by the first officer on his walkaround in ZZZ. He did the walkaround prior to ground support personnel loading the aircraft. I suspect the damage occurred in ZZZ and was the result of a belt loader striking the aircraft. No pressurization problems were noted during flight (FL390).

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-700 FLT CREW DISCOVERS ACFT DAMAGE AFTER LNDG.

Narrative: AFTER ARRIVING IN ZZZ1; MAINT DID A MAINT WALKAROUND FOR OUR JET AND DISCOVERED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE AROUND THE AFT CARGO DOOR FRAME. AFTER CONFERRING WITH ENGINEERING; ACFT WAS TAKEN OTS AND FLT ABC WAS CANCELED. NO DAMAGE WAS NOTED BY THE FO ON HIS WALKAROUND IN ZZZ. HE DID THE WALKAROUND PRIOR TO GND SUPPORT PERSONNEL LOADING THE ACFT. I SUSPECT THE DAMAGE OCCURRED IN ZZZ AND WAS THE RESULT OF A BELT LOADER STRIKING THE ACFT. NO PRESSURIZATION PROBS WERE NOTED DURING FLT (FL390).

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.