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B737 flight crew reported operating a flight with a missing fuselage panel after failing to notice the discrepancy during pre-flight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1610102 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201901 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-700 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Fuselage Panel |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 109 Flight Crew Total 7037 Flight Crew Type 7037 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 166 Flight Crew Total 8734 Flight Crew Type 7145 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
I was part of a crew that ferried a plane from ZZZ to ZZZ1. I was notified a couple of days after the completion of the flight that there was a missing panel on the underside of the aircraft that was not detected during preflight. I was the crew member that conducted the preflight inspection. I did not notice the missing panel. I believed I conducted a thorough preflight inspection and I do not recall any missing panel.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 flight crew reported operating a flight with a missing fuselage panel after failing to notice the discrepancy during pre-flight.
Narrative: I was part of a crew that ferried a plane from ZZZ to ZZZ1. I was notified a couple of days after the completion of the flight that there was a missing panel on the underside of the aircraft that was not detected during preflight. I was the crew member that conducted the preflight inspection. I did not notice the missing panel. I believed I conducted a thorough preflight inspection and I do not recall any missing panel.
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.