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Three flight attendants who had flown in with the flight crew were alarmed when they learned that the aircraft had a 'plum sized' hole in the vertical stabilizer apparently the result of a logged lightening strike the previous day.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 945920 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201104 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-700 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Vertical Stabilizer/Fin |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Maintenance |
Narrative:
After boarding; I saw the pilots coming and going from the cockpit. There were also several maintenance personnel at the tail section of the aircraft. I was then told that a ramp agent had spotted a hole in the vertical stabilizer of our plane. After a few minutes; we got information that the flight had been canceled; and the passenger were deplaned. It was very disconcerting to find out that there was a hole the size of an orange in the stabilizer when we had just flown a 3 1/2 hour flight. We deadheaded back to our base and went into the chief pilot's office and voiced our concerns.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Three Flight Attendants who had flown in with the flight crew were alarmed when they learned that the aircraft had a 'plum sized' hole in the vertical stabilizer apparently the result of a logged lightening strike the previous day.
Narrative: After boarding; I saw the pilots coming and going from the cockpit. There were also several Maintenance personnel at the tail section of the aircraft. I was then told that a ramp agent had spotted a hole in the vertical stabilizer of our plane. After a few minutes; we got information that the flight had been canceled; and the passenger were deplaned. It was very disconcerting to find out that there was a hole the size of an orange in the stabilizer when we had just flown a 3 1/2 hour flight. We deadheaded back to our base and went into the Chief Pilot's office and voiced our concerns.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.