<< >> NASA ASRS Report 354949, December 1996

Post flight inspection of DC10 in hnl revealed a missing gear door of the smaller type. Aircraft's trailing edge flap damaged when door came free.

Attributes
ACN	354949
Time
Date	199612
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : hnl
State Reference	HI
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-10 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	descent : approach ground : parked landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	354949
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

After parking at hnl maintenance found a small door missing from left main landing gear door, also a 3 X 6 inch hole in left wing flap. Gear retraction and extension was normal except for a thump in the nose gear on extension. Maintenance entered this in the logbook.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: POST FLT INSPECTION OF DC10 IN HNL REVEALED A MISSING GEAR DOOR OF THE SMALLER TYPE. ACFT'S TRAILING EDGE FLAP DAMAGED WHEN DOOR CAME FREE.

Narrative: AFTER PARKING AT HNL MAINT FOUND A SMALL DOOR MISSING FROM L MAIN LNDG GEAR DOOR, ALSO A 3 X 6 INCH HOLE IN L WING FLAP. GEAR RETRACTION AND EXTENSION WAS NORMAL EXCEPT FOR A THUMP IN THE NOSE GEAR ON EXTENSION. MAINT ENTERED THIS IN THE LOGBOOK.

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.