After arrival, flight crew of air carrier large transport notified of antenna and skin damage that had occurred on the previous flight. First officer missed the damage on walk-around inspection and the item was not in the log book.

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Attributes
ACN	132501
Time
Date	199001
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mco
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
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 : 260 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 4000
ASRS Report	132501
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 160 flight time total : 9200
ASRS Report	132515
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Upon arrival in cvg from a flight from mco, it was noted there had been a tail strike resulting in scraped skin and a scraped antenna. The aircraft was flown and landed completely normally with no abnormal inputs that would have caused this to occur. Apparently the F/a missed this damage on his walk-around in mco. It was just about sunrise and the damage could have been overlooked easily. This aircraft is prone to tail strikes and it is very apparent a close inspection is in order before each flight. Supplemental information from acn 132515: upon arrival at destination, met by several mechanics who had been alerted by origination station to repair/replace scraped/damaged lower aft blade antenna. They then informed us it appeared a tail strike had occurred. Origination station had not informed us of the scraped/damaged antenna, nor was it a maintenance item in the log book. The captain and I are certain that he did not have a tail strike on takeoff or landing. We can only guess that the damage had already occurred when we accepted the plane and I missed the damage on walk-around.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AFTER ARR, FLT CREW OF ACR LGT NOTIFIED OF ANTENNA AND SKIN DAMAGE THAT HAD OCCURRED ON THE PREVIOUS FLT. FO MISSED THE DAMAGE ON WALK-AROUND INSPECTION AND THE ITEM WAS NOT IN THE LOG BOOK.

Narrative: UPON ARR IN CVG FROM A FLT FROM MCO, IT WAS NOTED THERE HAD BEEN A TAIL STRIKE RESULTING IN SCRAPED SKIN AND A SCRAPED ANTENNA. THE ACFT WAS FLOWN AND LANDED COMPLETELY NORMALLY WITH NO ABNORMAL INPUTS THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THIS TO OCCUR. APPARENTLY THE F/A MISSED THIS DAMAGE ON HIS WALK-AROUND IN MCO. IT WAS JUST ABOUT SUNRISE AND THE DAMAGE COULD HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED EASILY. THIS ACFT IS PRONE TO TAIL STRIKES AND IT IS VERY APPARENT A CLOSE INSPECTION IS IN ORDER BEFORE EACH FLT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 132515: UPON ARR AT DEST, MET BY SEVERAL MECHS WHO HAD BEEN ALERTED BY ORIGINATION STATION TO REPAIR/REPLACE SCRAPED/DAMAGED LOWER AFT BLADE ANTENNA. THEY THEN INFORMED US IT APPEARED A TAIL STRIKE HAD OCCURRED. ORIGINATION STATION HAD NOT INFORMED US OF THE SCRAPED/DAMAGED ANTENNA, NOR WAS IT A MAINT ITEM IN THE LOG BOOK. THE CAPT AND I ARE CERTAIN THAT HE DID NOT HAVE A TAIL STRIKE ON TKOF OR LNDG. WE CAN ONLY GUESS THAT THE DAMAGE HAD ALREADY OCCURRED WHEN WE ACCEPTED THE PLANE AND I MISSED THE DAMAGE ON WALK-AROUND.

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