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A passenger alerts a cabin crew member that there is a hole in the wing during taxi out for takeoff. Flight engineer inspects wing and cannot see a hole because of rain. Aircraft departs slc and hole is discovered at destination.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 413551 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199809 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : slc |
| State Reference | UT |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : dfw |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 413551 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
On taxi out at slc, flight attendant said passenger reported small hole on top of wing. We stopped the airplane and sent flight engineer to investigate. He reported just scratch in paint. En route to destination, he said he was going to have maintenance look at wing. After landing, I looked at it and there was a small hole. The wing was wet when flight engineer looked at it and it did not look like a hole to him.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A PAX ALERTS A CABIN CREW MEMBER THAT THERE IS A HOLE IN THE WING DURING TAXI OUT FOR TKOF. FE INSPECTS WING AND CANNOT SEE A HOLE BECAUSE OF RAIN. ACFT DEPARTS SLC AND HOLE IS DISCOVERED AT DEST.
Narrative: ON TAXI OUT AT SLC, FLT ATTENDANT SAID PAX RPTED SMALL HOLE ON TOP OF WING. WE STOPPED THE AIRPLANE AND SENT FE TO INVESTIGATE. HE RPTED JUST SCRATCH IN PAINT. ENRTE TO DEST, HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO HAVE MAINT LOOK AT WING. AFTER LNDG, I LOOKED AT IT AND THERE WAS A SMALL HOLE. THE WING WAS WET WHEN FE LOOKED AT IT AND IT DID NOT LOOK LIKE A HOLE TO HIM.
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.