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An airbus 300 incurred right wing slat damage prior to departure and after the flight crew walkaround inspection. Damage discovered at trip termination.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 398067 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199803 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mem |
| State Reference | TN |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : private pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 3900 flight time type : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 398067 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Unsure as to when incident happened. Walkaround was completed during quick turn of aircraft in memphis, tn. No discrepancies noted. Upon block-in at memphis, tn, maintenance noticed a large dent and large hole in the outer right slat assembly. There were no bird strikes noticed while taxiing/flying. No lightning either. Only other possible cause could have been a cargo handler/truck could have struck the aircraft after the walkaround and maintenance checks were complete, and was unknown by the crew.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN AIRBUS 300 INCURRED R WING SLAT DAMAGE PRIOR TO DEP AND AFTER THE FLC WALKAROUND INSPECTION. DAMAGE DISCOVERED AT TRIP TERMINATION.
Narrative: UNSURE AS TO WHEN INCIDENT HAPPENED. WALKAROUND WAS COMPLETED DURING QUICK TURN OF ACFT IN MEMPHIS, TN. NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED. UPON BLOCK-IN AT MEMPHIS, TN, MAINT NOTICED A LARGE DENT AND LARGE HOLE IN THE OUTER R SLAT ASSEMBLY. THERE WERE NO BIRD STRIKES NOTICED WHILE TAXIING/FLYING. NO LIGHTNING EITHER. ONLY OTHER POSSIBLE CAUSE COULD HAVE BEEN A CARGO HANDLER/TRUCK COULD HAVE STRUCK THE ACFT AFTER THE WALKAROUND AND MAINT CHKS WERE COMPLETE, AND WAS UNKNOWN BY THE CREW.
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.