Narrative:

Company crj-200 aircraft landed at an out station and the pilots called and reported a lightning strike. I called contract maintenance to perform 'visual en-route inspection for lightning strike damage' [per structures card]. After contract maintenance mechanic inspected the aircraft; he called and reported a bonding strap on the nose gear door was disconnected and cosmetic paint burn marks on the right hand nose landing gear door and on the fuselage. I told him to record his findings on the structures card; and also record on the maintenance log; the re-securing of the bonding strap. When the aircraft arrived in a maintenance station; the line mechanics reported to the maintenance controller that took over my desk for the day; that there was more damage than reported on the structures card. If I had been aware of more damage than what the contract mechanic had reported; I would not have allowed the aircraft to leave the out station. I believe there was insufficient inspection of the aircraft from the outside [contract] mechanic. Suggest that in future events; I would ask for pictures of found damage and give more instruction on where to look on the aircraft for the inspection; and challenge a little harder about inspection areas.

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Title: A Maintenance Controller was informed he had released a CRJ-200 aircraft for continued service with lightning strike damage that was more substantial than the information a Contract Maintenance Mechanic had provided to him.

Narrative: Company CRJ-200 aircraft landed at an out station and the pilots called and reported a lightning strike. I called Contract Maintenance to perform 'Visual En-Route Inspection for Lightning Strike Damage' [per Structures Card]. After Contract Maintenance Mechanic inspected the aircraft; he called and reported a bonding strap on the nose gear door was disconnected and cosmetic paint burn marks on the right hand nose landing gear door and on the fuselage. I told him to record his findings on the structures card; and also record on the Maintenance Log; the re-securing of the bonding strap. When the aircraft arrived in a Maintenance Station; the line mechanics reported to the Maintenance Controller that took over my desk for the day; that there was more damage than reported on the structures card. If I had been aware of more damage than what the Contract Mechanic had reported; I would not have allowed the aircraft to leave the out station. I believe there was insufficient inspection of the aircraft from the outside [Contract] Mechanic. Suggest that in future events; I would ask for pictures of found damage and give more instruction on where to look on the aircraft for the inspection; and challenge a little harder about inspection areas.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.