Aircraft damage found on postflt inspection by flight crew of air carrier medium large transport.

Attributes
ACN	182049
Time
Date	199106
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : iah
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : mci
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 195 flight time total : 9835 flight time type : 968
ASRS Report	182049
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Aircraft flown by crew from iah to pns on 6/sat/91 and return on 6/sun/91. It was on post-flight inspection that a 9' tear in lower skin offset right of #1 VHF antenna found, approximately 10' back from the nose gear in the vicinity of the fwd cargo compartment. An additional area of bent-in lower fuselage skin found 3' back from the tear. Both flts were west/O incident. Normal departures and arrs with only en route thunderstorms which were circumvented. Neither pilot's approach was low on the G/south. First preflight inspection performed by first officer and return leg preflight by both captain and first officer caused of aircraft damage unknown after inspection ground support equipment, centerline lights at iah, evidence of animal collision on runway, etc.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT DAMAGE FOUND ON POSTFLT INSPECTION BY FLT CREW OF ACR MLG.

Narrative: ACFT FLOWN BY CREW FROM IAH TO PNS ON 6/SAT/91 AND RETURN ON 6/SUN/91. IT WAS ON POST-FLT INSPECTION THAT A 9' TEAR IN LOWER SKIN OFFSET RIGHT OF #1 VHF ANTENNA FOUND, APPROX 10' BACK FROM THE NOSE GEAR IN THE VICINITY OF THE FWD CARGO COMPARTMENT. AN ADDITIONAL AREA OF BENT-IN LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN FOUND 3' BACK FROM THE TEAR. BOTH FLTS WERE W/O INCIDENT. NORMAL DEPS AND ARRS WITH ONLY ENRTE TSTMS WHICH WERE CIRCUMVENTED. NEITHER PLT'S APCH WAS LOW ON THE G/S. FIRST PREFLT INSPECTION PERFORMED BY F/O AND RETURN LEG PREFLT BY BOTH CAPT AND F/O CAUSED OF ACFT DAMAGE UNKNOWN AFTER INSPECTION GND SUPPORT EQUIP, CENTERLINE LIGHTS AT IAH, EVIDENCE OF ANIMAL COLLISION ON RWY, ETC.

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.