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Dent of uncertain origin appears on left outboard engine cowling of A319 subsequent to apparently uneventful marshalled parking procedure. Belt loader may have struck aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 721281 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200612 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : phl.airport |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 225 flight time total : 22000 flight time type : 4500 |
| ASRS Report | 721281 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ground encounters : vehicle |
| Independent Detector | other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Company Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
Narrative:
Aircraft at gate; marshalling and parking normal. Aircraft stopped exactly on parking spot. Neither captain or first officer noted anything unusual during parking or marshalling. After deplaning aircraft; captain was informed by ground personnel that we had a 3 inch dent in the #2 engine outboard cowling. Belt loader appeared to have struck engine. Aircraft towed to hangar for repairs.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DENT OF UNCERTAIN ORIGIN APPEARS ON L OUTBOARD ENG COWLING OF A319 SUBSEQUENT TO APPARENTLY UNEVENTFUL MARSHALLED PARKING PROC. BELT LOADER MAY HAVE STRUCK ACFT.
Narrative: ACFT AT GATE; MARSHALLING AND PARKING NORMAL. ACFT STOPPED EXACTLY ON PARKING SPOT. NEITHER CAPT OR FO NOTED ANYTHING UNUSUAL DURING PARKING OR MARSHALLING. AFTER DEPLANING ACFT; CAPT WAS INFORMED BY GND PERSONNEL THAT WE HAD A 3 INCH DENT IN THE #2 ENG OUTBOARD COWLING. BELT LOADER APPEARED TO HAVE STRUCK ENG. ACFT TOWED TO HANGAR FOR REPAIRS.
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.