An md-80 passenger notified flight attendant that wing had apparent crack or bubble. Maintenance ins...

Attributes
ACN	770933
Time
Date	200801
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
ASRS Report	770933
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
ASRS Report	770934
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other other : 3
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

During descent passenger notified flight attendant that wing had apparent crack or bubble. Flight attendant reported glare. Once parked; first officer inspected area from ladders both fore and aft of the wing and reported paint cracks but no other abnormalities. Maintenance inspected and reported delamination of that panel between skin and honeycomb beneath. Aircraft was taken OTS. Supplemental information from acn 770934: after this flight attendants decided they were uncomfortable flying with us and removed themselves from the flight. These were not the flight attendants that worked the previous flight with us. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter stated this was the second row of upper wing panels; just outboard of the left main landing gear and fwd of the trailing edge flaps.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN MD-80 PASSENGER NOTIFIED FLT ATTENDANT THAT WING HAD APPARENT CRACK OR BUBBLE. MAINT INSPECTED AND REPORTED DELAMINATION OF PANEL BETWEEN SKIN AND HONEYCOMB BENEATH.

Narrative: DURING DSCNT PAX NOTIFIED FLT ATTENDANT THAT WING HAD APPARENT CRACK OR BUBBLE. FLT ATTENDANT RPTED GLARE. ONCE PARKED; FO INSPECTED AREA FROM LADDERS BOTH FORE AND AFT OF THE WING AND RPTED PAINT CRACKS BUT NO OTHER ABNORMALITIES. MAINT INSPECTED AND RPTED DELAMINATION OF THAT PANEL BTWN SKIN AND HONEYCOMB BENEATH. ACFT WAS TAKEN OTS. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 770934: AFTER THIS FLT ATTENDANTS DECIDED THEY WERE UNCOMFORTABLE FLYING WITH US AND REMOVED THEMSELVES FROM THE FLT. THESE WERE NOT THE FLT ATTENDANTS THAT WORKED THE PREVIOUS FLT WITH US. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: REPORTER STATED THIS WAS THE SECOND ROW OF UPPER WING PANELS; JUST OUTBOARD OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND FWD OF THE TRAILING EDGE FLAPS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 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.

An md-80 passenger notified flight attendant that wing had apparent crack or bubble. Maintenance inspected and reported delamination of panel between skin and honeycomb beneath.