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B737 captain reported aircraft damage inflicted by ice to the flap tracks which was discovered on post-flight inspection by maintenance personnel.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1522436 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201802 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-800 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Ground Event / Encounter FOD Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
Received a call from assistant chief pilot saying that my aircraft and multiple others sustained flap track damage coming into ZZZ due to ice contamination. First officer (first officer) was flying and I was monitoring any ice on the aircraft and none was visible. We broke out of clouds at 1;000 AGL and looked back and noticed no ice on the wings but I still reached up and hit the wing anti-ice for good measure for landing and noticed nothing shed from the wings. We landed normally and proceeded to the gate. It seems odd to me that seven aircraft in a 30 minute period incurred track damage and seven experienced crews probably observed the same as I did.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 Captain reported aircraft damage inflicted by ice to the flap tracks which was discovered on post-flight inspection by maintenance personnel.
Narrative: Received a call from Assistant Chief Pilot saying that my aircraft and multiple others sustained flap track damage coming into ZZZ due to ice contamination. First Officer (FO) was Flying and I was Monitoring any ice on the aircraft and none was visible. We broke out of clouds at 1;000 AGL and looked back and noticed no ice on the wings but I still reached up and hit the wing anti-ice for good measure for landing and noticed nothing shed from the wings. We landed normally and proceeded to the gate. It seems odd to me that seven aircraft in a 30 minute period incurred track damage and seven experienced Crews probably observed the same as I did.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.