G1159 pilot reports hail damage departing dpk at 11;000 ft.

Attributes
ACN	952260
Time
Date	201105
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	A80.TRACON
State Reference	GA
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Gulfstream II (G1159)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 53 Flight Crew Total 5700 Flight Crew Type 1670
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

We experienced a brief encounter with what appeared to be hail. This encounter lasted less than 10 seconds and occurred approximately 25 miles southwest of the pdk airport. We were on a vector from ATC that would have put us in a thunderstorm....with the use of onboard radar we deviated away from the storm. It was during this initial turn from the storm that we encountered the hail. The radio frequency we were assigned was congested and it took roughly one minute to communicate our deviation to ATC. We were not aware of any traffic conflicts during this encounter. We continued the flight uneventfully. While shutting down the airplane and performing our post flight inspection; we noticed the nose cone and leading edges were damaged. No FAA/NTSB reports were necessary or filed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: G1159 pilot reports hail damage departing DPK at 11;000 FT.

Narrative: We experienced a brief encounter with what appeared to be hail. This encounter lasted less than 10 seconds and occurred approximately 25 miles southwest of the PDK airport. We were on a vector from ATC that would have put us in a thunderstorm....With the use of onboard radar we deviated away from the storm. It was during this initial turn from the storm that we encountered the hail. The radio frequency we were assigned was congested and it took roughly one minute to communicate our deviation to ATC. We were not aware of any traffic conflicts during this encounter. We continued the flight uneventfully. While shutting down the airplane and performing our post flight inspection; we noticed the nose cone and leading edges were damaged. No FAA/NTSB reports were necessary or filed.

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.