An air carrier light transport crew flew with an inspection panel missing.

Attributes
ACN	271688
Time
Date	199405
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mco
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 260 flight time total : 2500 flight time type : 260
ASRS Report	271688
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 5200 flight time type : 3400
ASRS Report	271413
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On may/sun/94 I preflted an airplane in the hangar after it was in maintenance. My captain and I flew this plane for 3 legs and overnighted in gainesville. On may/mon/94, another crew flew the plane back to orlando and noticed an inspection panel missing which was found in the hangar. I thoroughly preflight and postflt after every leg and have a hard time believing that this panel was missing when I flew the plane and that the other crew also missed the panel. We need to keep doing extensive preflts to help this from recurring.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR LTT CREW FLEW WITH AN INSPECTION PANEL MISSING.

Narrative: ON MAY/SUN/94 I PREFLTED AN AIRPLANE IN THE HANGAR AFTER IT WAS IN MAINT. MY CAPT AND I FLEW THIS PLANE FOR 3 LEGS AND OVERNIGHTED IN GAINESVILLE. ON MAY/MON/94, ANOTHER CREW FLEW THE PLANE BACK TO ORLANDO AND NOTICED AN INSPECTION PANEL MISSING WHICH WAS FOUND IN THE HANGAR. I THOROUGHLY PREFLT AND POSTFLT AFTER EVERY LEG AND HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING THAT THIS PANEL WAS MISSING WHEN I FLEW THE PLANE AND THAT THE OTHER CREW ALSO MISSED THE PANEL. WE NEED TO KEEP DOING EXTENSIVE PREFLTS TO HELP THIS FROM RECURRING.

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.