<< >> NASA ASRS Report 463021, February 2000

Captain of a B757 was notified at home that nose damage was found during postflt inspection that may have been done on landing the night before. He believes that it did not happen while he was PIC of the aircraft since all lndgs were normal.

Attributes
ACN	463021
Time
Date	200002
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 190 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 1244
ASRS Report	463021
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : 3
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

After a normal takeoff and landing during nighttime hours, I was notified the following morning that the nose of the aircraft that we flew in had suffered damage that was apparently caused by a hard landing. Our taxi, takeoff, and landing were smooth and normal, so I presume that the damage was unnoticed during the nighttime walkaround that was performed by the first officer before the flight. We were unaware of any damage during our operation of the aircraft. All preflight procedures that are required by the pom were accomplished. Apparently, the first officer did not see the damage to the nose because of the darkness or the nature of the damage.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CAPT OF A B757 WAS NOTIFIED AT HOME THAT NOSE DAMAGE WAS FOUND DURING POSTFLT INSPECTION THAT MAY HAVE BEEN DONE ON LNDG THE NIGHT BEFORE. HE BELIEVES THAT IT DID NOT HAPPEN WHILE HE WAS PIC OF THE ACFT SINCE ALL LNDGS WERE NORMAL.

Narrative: AFTER A NORMAL TKOF AND LNDG DURING NIGHTTIME HRS, I WAS NOTIFIED THE FOLLOWING MORNING THAT THE NOSE OF THE ACFT THAT WE FLEW IN HAD SUFFERED DAMAGE THAT WAS APPARENTLY CAUSED BY A HARD LNDG. OUR TAXI, TKOF, AND LNDG WERE SMOOTH AND NORMAL, SO I PRESUME THAT THE DAMAGE WAS UNNOTICED DURING THE NIGHTTIME WALKAROUND THAT WAS PERFORMED BY THE FO BEFORE THE FLT. WE WERE UNAWARE OF ANY DAMAGE DURING OUR OP OF THE ACFT. ALL PREFLT PROCS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY THE POM WERE ACCOMPLISHED. APPARENTLY, THE FO DID NOT SEE THE DAMAGE TO THE NOSE BECAUSE OF THE DARKNESS OR THE NATURE OF THE DAMAGE.

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.