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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.
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.