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Air carrier medium large transport suffers hail damage while en route and deviating around thunderstorm activity.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 280344 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199408 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : drk |
| State Reference | AZ |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 27000 msl bound upper : 27000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zab |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 6000 |
| ASRS Report | 280344 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : exited adverse environment flight crew : took evasive action |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
We were 30 NM from a red painted cell and going around a small green return in IMC when we were hit by hail between 5 and 10 seconds. No damage was noted until the walk around after landing. The green return must have been a hail shaft from the larger distant cell. I advise more distance from any green return in the vicinity of a larger cell.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR MLG SUFFERS HAIL DAMAGE WHILE ENRTE AND DEVIATING AROUND TSTM ACTIVITY.
Narrative: WE WERE 30 NM FROM A RED PAINTED CELL AND GOING AROUND A SMALL GREEN RETURN IN IMC WHEN WE WERE HIT BY HAIL BTWN 5 AND 10 SECONDS. NO DAMAGE WAS NOTED UNTIL THE WALK AROUND AFTER LNDG. THE GREEN RETURN MUST HAVE BEEN A HAIL SHAFT FROM THE LARGER DISTANT CELL. I ADVISE MORE DISTANCE FROM ANY GREEN RETURN IN THE VICINITY OF A LARGER CELL.
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.