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Aircraft being ferried for maintenance resulting from landing tail strike. At termination of flight damage discovered to be more extensive than thought. Unable callback.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 131788 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198912 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sna |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 150 msl bound upper : 5000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : sna tower : lax |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff cruise other descent other |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 14000 |
| ASRS Report | 131788 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
Narrative:
Company assigned myself and copilot to ferry aircraft that had experienced a tail strike from sna to lax for further evaluation of damage. Aircraft had thorough preflight and extensive skin scrape on tail section and aft galley drain mast damage was noted. All ferry flight documents appeared to be in order, and after consulting with copilot we decided aircraft was safe to fly. Flew uneventful flight sna/lax at 5000' for 19 min duration. After landing in lax and further evaluation of the aircraft,it was discovered that the aft pressure bulkhead had been buckled. Because we had not expected damage that extensive, we flew the aircraft to lax pressurized. Perhaps not a very good idea in lieu of air carrier problem with a widebody transport. Even though I think the aircraft was flown legally by being covered by far's, etc, I feel I was out on a limb knowing the damage was worse than originally explained to me, and no mention was made of the consequence of pressurizing the aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACFT BEING FERRIED FOR MAINT RESULTING FROM LNDG TAIL STRIKE. AT TERMINATION OF FLT DAMAGE DISCOVERED TO BE MORE EXTENSIVE THAN THOUGHT. UNABLE CALLBACK.
Narrative: COMPANY ASSIGNED MYSELF AND COPLT TO FERRY ACFT THAT HAD EXPERIENCED A TAIL STRIKE FROM SNA TO LAX FOR FURTHER EVALUATION OF DAMAGE. ACFT HAD THOROUGH PREFLT AND EXTENSIVE SKIN SCRAPE ON TAIL SECTION AND AFT GALLEY DRAIN MAST DAMAGE WAS NOTED. ALL FERRY FLT DOCUMENTS APPEARED TO BE IN ORDER, AND AFTER CONSULTING WITH COPLT WE DECIDED ACFT WAS SAFE TO FLY. FLEW UNEVENTFUL FLT SNA/LAX AT 5000' FOR 19 MIN DURATION. AFTER LNDG IN LAX AND FURTHER EVALUATION OF THE ACFT,IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD HAD BEEN BUCKLED. BECAUSE WE HAD NOT EXPECTED DAMAGE THAT EXTENSIVE, WE FLEW THE ACFT TO LAX PRESSURIZED. PERHAPS NOT A VERY GOOD IDEA IN LIEU OF ACR PROB WITH A WDB. EVEN THOUGH I THINK THE ACFT WAS FLOWN LEGALLY BY BEING COVERED BY FAR'S, ETC, I FEEL I WAS OUT ON A LIMB KNOWING THE DAMAGE WAS WORSE THAN ORIGINALLY EXPLAINED TO ME, AND NO MENTION WAS MADE OF THE CONSEQUENCE OF PRESSURIZING THE ACFT.
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.