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Power back from gate, notified possible tail strike with another aircraft. Maintenance inspected and determined negative damage. Completed several legs. Tail damage found later.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 114479 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198906 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mex airport : dfw |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : slc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 600 |
| ASRS Report | 114479 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 3600 flight time type : 250 |
| ASRS Report | 114355 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : investigated other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
After powerback incident at dfw, and subsequent inspection and ok by maintenance, aircraft flew from dfw to mex. Aircraft then flew from mex to ord. 5 hops later, damage was found to tail of aircraft. Informed by chief pilot's office we had flown a damaged aircraft from mex to ord. Chief pilot told me that I and the engineer are both ripe for FAA action. Maintenance has cherry picker, spotlights, lots of people. They don't find damage until 5 flts later, in hangar, using hardstands. Flight crew was supposed to southeast it at XA00 am in mexico city with his flashlight. Ask me if my mind is on flying the next leg or on this bs. 18 yrs and I've never scratched an airplane and now the chief pilot says I'm probably going to have an FAA hearing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: POWER BACK FROM GATE, NOTIFIED POSSIBLE TAIL STRIKE WITH ANOTHER ACFT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND DETERMINED NEGATIVE DAMAGE. COMPLETED SEVERAL LEGS. TAIL DAMAGE FOUND LATER.
Narrative: AFTER POWERBACK INCIDENT AT DFW, AND SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION AND OK BY MAINT, ACFT FLEW FROM DFW TO MEX. ACFT THEN FLEW FROM MEX TO ORD. 5 HOPS LATER, DAMAGE WAS FOUND TO TAIL OF ACFT. INFORMED BY CHIEF PLT'S OFFICE WE HAD FLOWN A DAMAGED ACFT FROM MEX TO ORD. CHIEF PLT TOLD ME THAT I AND THE ENGINEER ARE BOTH RIPE FOR FAA ACTION. MAINT HAS CHERRY PICKER, SPOTLIGHTS, LOTS OF PEOPLE. THEY DON'T FIND DAMAGE UNTIL 5 FLTS LATER, IN HANGAR, USING HARDSTANDS. FLT CREW WAS SUPPOSED TO SE IT AT XA00 AM IN MEXICO CITY WITH HIS FLASHLIGHT. ASK ME IF MY MIND IS ON FLYING THE NEXT LEG OR ON THIS BS. 18 YRS AND I'VE NEVER SCRATCHED AN AIRPLANE AND NOW THE CHIEF PLT SAYS I'M PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE AN FAA HEARING.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.