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Air carrier widebody transport has a tire blow resulting in a piece of filet flap being torn off the aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 184999 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199107 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : gum |
| State Reference | GU |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 20000 msl bound upper : 20000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 4 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Route In Use | enroute : pacific enroute airway : zoa enroute other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 6550 |
| ASRS Report | 184999 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
After departure from guam (agana airport) at approximately 20000 ft, a noise was heard resembling an engine compressor stall. The noise lasted only a few seconds. All engine indications were checked and found normal. Also, pressurization duct pressures were checked and found normal. The flight proceeded onto narita airport, tokyo, japan, when prior to landing with flaps at 5 degree the noise was heard again. On landing rollout, it was obvious there was a flat tire. After parking, it was found there was a piece missing from the top of the filet flap on the right wing which had apparently been damaged when the tire blew out. I was informed that following evening by flight dispatch that a passenger had seen a piece come off the wing after leaving guam. Instead of notifying anyone on the aircraft, he reported it to a local newspaper on arrival in japan.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR WDB HAS A TIRE BLOW RESULTING IN A PIECE OF FILET FLAP BEING TORN OFF THE ACFT.
Narrative: AFTER DEP FROM GUAM (AGANA ARPT) AT APPROX 20000 FT, A NOISE WAS HEARD RESEMBLING AN ENG COMPRESSOR STALL. THE NOISE LASTED ONLY A FEW SECONDS. ALL ENG INDICATIONS WERE CHKED AND FOUND NORMAL. ALSO, PRESSURIZATION DUCT PRESSURES WERE CHKED AND FOUND NORMAL. THE FLT PROCEEDED ONTO NARITA ARPT, TOKYO, JAPAN, WHEN PRIOR TO LNDG WITH FLAPS AT 5 DEG THE NOISE WAS HEARD AGAIN. ON LNDG ROLLOUT, IT WAS OBVIOUS THERE WAS A FLAT TIRE. AFTER PARKING, IT WAS FOUND THERE WAS A PIECE MISSING FROM THE TOP OF THE FILET FLAP ON THE R WING WHICH HAD APPARENTLY BEEN DAMAGED WHEN THE TIRE BLEW OUT. I WAS INFORMED THAT FOLLOWING EVENING BY FLT DISPATCH THAT A PAX HAD SEEN A PIECE COME OFF THE WING AFTER LEAVING GUAM. INSTEAD OF NOTIFYING ANYONE ON THE ACFT, HE RPTED IT TO A LCL NEWSPAPER ON ARR IN JAPAN.
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.