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An electrical static discharge on a light transport aircraft resulted in tearing off the nose gear doors. The landing gear extended ok for landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 242115 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199305 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : gij |
| State Reference | MI |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 8000 msl bound upper : 8000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Flight Phase | descent other |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : zau |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 3500 flight time type : 800 |
| ASRS Report | 242115 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : overcame equipment problem |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Aircraft experienced a static discharge resulting in the loss of nose gear doors. Landing gear extended normally with no incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ELECTRICAL STATIC DISCHARGE ON A LTT ACFT RESULTED IN TEARING OFF THE NOSE GEAR DOORS. THE LNDG GEAR EXTENDED OK FOR LNDG.
Narrative: ACFT EXPERIENCED A STATIC DISCHARGE RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF NOSE GEAR DOORS. LNDG GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY WITH NO INCIDENT.
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.