Narrative:

I served as the flight engineer on flight from sfo to dfw. Departure time from sfo was AM19 local. Prior to departure, I performed an origination preflight in accordance with airline's widebody transport operating manual. This preflight included an exterior safety inspection, cockpit inspection of all 3 crew position, cabin and lower galley inspection and exterior walkaround inspection. I noted no discrepancies. The flight was conducted without incident. Upon arrival at dfw, ramp crew discovered a 1 square inch puncture hole in the right side fuselage, approximately 1 ft aft and 2 ft below a static port. I did not discover this hole during my preflight at sfo. Due to darkness on the ramp at sfo, I don't know if the hole was in the aircraft at that time and I didn't see it, or if the damage was done at dfw. There were no indications of pressurization problems during the flight. I received notification of this damage on the next day at approximately PM00 CDT from the sfo flight office. I talked with the sfo airlines general manager about the damage at PM00 CDT plus 1 hour that same day.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT DAMAGED DURING RAMP OPS. DAMAGE NOT DISCOVERED BY SO ON PREFLT INSPECTION AT DEP STATION.

Narrative: I SERVED AS THE FLT ENGINEER ON FLT FROM SFO TO DFW. DEP TIME FROM SFO WAS AM19 LCL. PRIOR TO DEP, I PERFORMED AN ORIGINATION PREFLT IN ACCORDANCE WITH AIRLINE'S WDB OPERATING MANUAL. THIS PREFLT INCLUDED AN EXTERIOR SAFETY INSPECTION, COCKPIT INSPECTION OF ALL 3 CREW POS, CABIN AND LOWER GALLEY INSPECTION AND EXTERIOR WALKAROUND INSPECTION. I NOTED NO DISCREPANCIES. THE FLT WAS CONDUCTED WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON ARR AT DFW, RAMP CREW DISCOVERED A 1 SQUARE INCH PUNCTURE HOLE IN THE R SIDE FUSELAGE, APPROX 1 FT AFT AND 2 FT BELOW A STATIC PORT. I DID NOT DISCOVER THIS HOLE DURING MY PREFLT AT SFO. DUE TO DARKNESS ON THE RAMP AT SFO, I DON'T KNOW IF THE HOLE WAS IN THE ACFT AT THAT TIME AND I DIDN'T SEE IT, OR IF THE DAMAGE WAS DONE AT DFW. THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF PRESSURIZATION PROBLEMS DURING THE FLT. I RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF THIS DAMAGE ON THE NEXT DAY AT APPROX PM00 CDT FROM THE SFO FLT OFFICE. I TALKED WITH THE SFO AIRLINES GENERAL MGR ABOUT THE DAMAGE AT PM00 CDT PLUS 1 HR THAT SAME DAY.

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.