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Flight crew of a BA32 encountered hail damage during arrival between thunderstorm buildups causing both wingtip strobe lights broken and 2 vortex generators to be missing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 365111 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199703 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : vla airport : stl |
| State Reference | IL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 7000 msl bound upper : 7000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : stl tracon : rctp |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Jetstream 32 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : stl |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 231 flight time total : 7700 flight time type : 3900 |
| ASRS Report | 365111 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
While being radar vectored for approach into stl, we were picking our way between buildups when we encountered a brief episode of hail and moderate CAT. The remainder of the approach and landing was uneventful. Post shutdown inspection showed 2 vortex generators missing from the left wing and both wingtip strobe lights broken.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A BA32 ENCOUNTERED HAIL DAMAGE DURING ARR BTWN TSTM BUILDUPS CAUSING BOTH WINGTIP STROBE LIGHTS BROKEN AND 2 VORTEX GENERATORS TO BE MISSING.
Narrative: WHILE BEING RADAR VECTORED FOR APCH INTO STL, WE WERE PICKING OUR WAY BTWN BUILDUPS WHEN WE ENCOUNTERED A BRIEF EPISODE OF HAIL AND MODERATE CAT. THE REMAINDER OF THE APCH AND LNDG WAS UNEVENTFUL. POST SHUTDOWN INSPECTION SHOWED 2 VORTEX GENERATORS MISSING FROM THE L WING AND BOTH WINGTIP STROBE LIGHTS BROKEN.
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.