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Instructor pilot heard unusual noise during flight training and found wing damage after landing that would render the aircraft unairworthy.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 558963 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200209 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cps.airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : a90.tracon |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Tampico TB-9 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | instruction : instructor |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 430 flight time type : 250 |
| ASRS Report | 558963 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | instruction : trainee |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : landed as precaution |
| Consequence | other other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Airplane was rattling and making excessive noise in-flight. Didn't notice during initial preflight, but upon examination on the ground there was damage to the wing, and it appears that the aircraft would have been considered unairworthy. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter stated that it was found after maintenance inspection that the right wing had been damaged by a hard landing. The wheel strut pushed up the wing rib structure causing wrinkles in the wing skin. Mechanics have noticed that this type of damage has happened before after a hard landing. The incident took place at cps airport on a sep/sat/02. The aircraft was a socata (aerospatiale) tampico tb-9.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: INSTRUCTOR PLT HEARD UNUSUAL NOISE DURING FLT TRAINING AND FOUND WING DAMAGE AFTER LNDG THAT WOULD RENDER THE ACFT UNAIRWORTHY.
Narrative: AIRPLANE WAS RATTLING AND MAKING EXCESSIVE NOISE INFLT. DIDN'T NOTICE DURING INITIAL PREFLT, BUT UPON EXAM ON THE GND THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE WING, AND IT APPEARS THAT THE ACFT WOULD HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED UNAIRWORTHY. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT IT WAS FOUND AFTER MAINT INSPECTION THAT THE R WING HAD BEEN DAMAGED BY A HARD LNDG. THE WHEEL STRUT PUSHED UP THE WING RIB STRUCTURE CAUSING WRINKLES IN THE WING SKIN. MECHS HAVE NOTICED THAT THIS TYPE OF DAMAGE HAS HAPPENED BEFORE AFTER A HARD LNDG. THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE AT CPS ARPT ON A SEP/SAT/02. THE ACFT WAS A SOCATA (AEROSPATIALE) TAMPICO TB-9.
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.