An MD83 on arrival at ewr was found to have a damaged left wing caused by either a bird strike or gr...

Attributes
ACN	419812
Time
Date	199811
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : ewr airport : ewr
State Reference	NJ
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	MD-83
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	ground : parked other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	419812
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Aircraft was found to be damaged on left wing at ewr on nov/xa/98, possible bird strike after takeoff from stl or damaged by ground equipment. Damage was discovered by maintenance at ewr.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN MD83 ON ARR AT EWR WAS FOUND TO HAVE A DAMAGED L WING CAUSED BY EITHER A BIRD STRIKE OR GND EQUIP.

Narrative: ACFT WAS FOUND TO BE DAMAGED ON L WING AT EWR ON NOV/XA/98, POSSIBLE BIRD STRIKE AFTER TKOF FROM STL OR DAMAGED BY GND EQUIP. DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED BY MAINT AT EWR.

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.

An MD83 on arrival at ewr was found to have a damaged left wing caused by either a bird strike or ground equipment.