A DC9-30 during a preflight check a hammer was found in the aft trailing edge flap well.

Attributes
ACN	372072
Time
Date	199706
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground : parked ground : preflight
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 9000
ASRS Report	372072
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 225 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 4400
ASRS Report	371852
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

On preflight found hammer lying in recess below spoilers. Removed and inspected/'operations checked' all surfaces. No damage present.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A DC9-30 DURING A PREFLT CHK A HAMMER WAS FOUND IN THE AFT TRAILING EDGE FLAP WELL.

Narrative: ON PREFLT FOUND HAMMER LYING IN RECESS BELOW SPOILERS. REMOVED AND INSPECTED/'OPS CHKED' ALL SURFACES. NO DAMAGE PRESENT.

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.