<< >> NASA ASRS Report 582324, May 2003

A B757 incurred minor damage on landing to bottom right side of left engine cowling on landing. Found 2 access doors hanging open.

Attributes
ACN	582324
Time
Date	200305
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 21400 flight time type : 8000
ASRS Report	582324
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other other
Factors
Maintenance	contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : testing performance deficiency : inspection
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Maintenance Human Performance

Narrative:

After landing and arrival at gate, we found 2 cowling access doors open. Minor damage to bottom right side of left engine cowling. It appeared the doors came open on landing and when reverser was stowed the open access doors cut a very small portion of the cowling. Departure airport was ZZZ1 international. As always, I made a very thorough preflight of aircraft. I clearly remember checking the left engine intake, exhaust, left and right side of cowling. On the right side of the left engine, I squatted down to check for fuel and hydraulic leakage and lower access panels. They were definitely closed.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757 INCURRED MINOR DAMAGE ON LNDG TO BOTTOM R SIDE OF L ENG COWLING ON LNDG. FOUND 2 ACCESS DOORS HANGING OPEN.

Narrative: AFTER LNDG AND ARR AT GATE, WE FOUND 2 COWLING ACCESS DOORS OPEN. MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTTOM R SIDE OF L ENG COWLING. IT APPEARED THE DOORS CAME OPEN ON LNDG AND WHEN REVERSER WAS STOWED THE OPEN ACCESS DOORS CUT A VERY SMALL PORTION OF THE COWLING. DEP ARPT WAS ZZZ1 INTL. AS ALWAYS, I MADE A VERY THOROUGH PREFLT OF ACFT. I CLRLY REMEMBER CHKING THE L ENG INTAKE, EXHAUST, L AND R SIDE OF COWLING. ON THE R SIDE OF THE L ENG, I SQUATTED DOWN TO CHK FOR FUEL AND HYD LEAKAGE AND LOWER ACCESS PANELS. THEY WERE DEFINITELY CLOSED.

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.