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A310 aircraft had access panel from left main wheel well fall off on takeoff. Tower discovered the panel and had ZOB notify reporter aircraft. After landing inspection made but missing panel area not discovered due to hidden location. Later, maintenance found the location of the problem panel area.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 388839 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199712 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ymx |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : ymx |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A310 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 45 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 400 |
| ASRS Report | 388839 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
On dec/xa/97, en route ymx to mem, advised approximately 45 mins - 1 hour after departure by ZOB that ymx ground had found a panel on the runway but that they were not sure if it was off our aircraft or the previous departing aircraft. Once we were on the ground in mem, we debriefed our maintenance and did a postflt inspection with a mechanic and did not see anything unusual missing from the aircraft. Advised later that day that a panel had fallen off onto the runway at ymx. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter first officer later learned that the panel had indeed come from their aircraft, but they and the mechanic looking over the aircraft after landing had not found its location -- high in the left main wheel well. Reporter speculates that the reason it came off was due to improper securing of the access panel during routine maintenance.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A310 ACFT HAD ACCESS PANEL FROM L MAIN WHEEL WELL FALL OFF ON TKOF. TWR DISCOVERED THE PANEL AND HAD ZOB NOTIFY RPTR ACFT. AFTER LNDG INSPECTION MADE BUT MISSING PANEL AREA NOT DISCOVERED DUE TO HIDDEN LOCATION. LATER, MAINT FOUND THE LOCATION OF THE PROB PANEL AREA.
Narrative: ON DEC/XA/97, ENRTE YMX TO MEM, ADVISED APPROX 45 MINS - 1 HR AFTER DEP BY ZOB THAT YMX GND HAD FOUND A PANEL ON THE RWY BUT THAT THEY WERE NOT SURE IF IT WAS OFF OUR ACFT OR THE PREVIOUS DEPARTING ACFT. ONCE WE WERE ON THE GND IN MEM, WE DEBRIEFED OUR MAINT AND DID A POSTFLT INSPECTION WITH A MECH AND DID NOT SEE ANYTHING UNUSUAL MISSING FROM THE ACFT. ADVISED LATER THAT DAY THAT A PANEL HAD FALLEN OFF ONTO THE RWY AT YMX. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR FO LATER LEARNED THAT THE PANEL HAD INDEED COME FROM THEIR ACFT, BUT THEY AND THE MECH LOOKING OVER THE ACFT AFTER LNDG HAD NOT FOUND ITS LOCATION -- HIGH IN THE L MAIN WHEEL WELL. RPTR SPECULATES THAT THE REASON IT CAME OFF WAS DUE TO IMPROPER SECURING OF THE ACCESS PANEL DURING ROUTINE MAINT.
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.