<< >> NASA ASRS Report 172232, March 1991

After takeoff a flight attendant report caused pilot to view aft stairwell area noting a gap between stair and airframe. Fuel was dumped and landing at intermediate airport mco was made for maintenance.

Attributes
ACN	172232
Time
Date	199103
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : mia airport : mco
State Reference	FL
Altitude	msl bound lower : 25000 msl bound upper : 25000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zma
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude cruise other landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 55 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 55
ASRS Report	172232
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Shortly after takeoff, F/a (seated on aft jumpseat) reported a scraping noise on takeoff. A level off at an intermediate altitude was initiated and a pilot was sent back to view the aft airstair area. A gap between the airstair and stairwell was observed. After conferring with company maintenance and a dead heading line check captain onboard, crew elected to execute a precautionary landing at mco. Fuel dumping was initiated to get down to landing weight. An uneventful landing followed. Upon lowering aft airstair, a 4-5' strip of wxstripping was missing. Maintenance was completed and flight continued.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AFTER TKOF A FLT ATTENDANT REPORT CAUSED PLT TO VIEW AFT STAIRWELL AREA NOTING A GAP BETWEEN STAIR AND AIRFRAME. FUEL WAS DUMPED AND LNDG AT INTERMEDIATE ARPT MCO WAS MADE FOR MAINTENANCE.

Narrative: SHORTLY AFTER TKOF, F/A (SEATED ON AFT JUMPSEAT) RPTED A SCRAPING NOISE ON TKOF. A LEVEL OFF AT AN INTERMEDIATE ALT WAS INITIATED AND A PLT WAS SENT BACK TO VIEW THE AFT AIRSTAIR AREA. A GAP BTWN THE AIRSTAIR AND STAIRWELL WAS OBSERVED. AFTER CONFERRING WITH COMPANY MAINT AND A DEAD HDG LINE CHK CAPT ONBOARD, CREW ELECTED TO EXECUTE A PRECAUTIONARY LNDG AT MCO. FUEL DUMPING WAS INITIATED TO GET DOWN TO LNDG WEIGHT. AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG FOLLOWED. UPON LOWERING AFT AIRSTAIR, A 4-5' STRIP OF WXSTRIPPING WAS MISSING. MAINT WAS COMPLETED AND FLT CONTINUED.

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.