Narrative:

On postflt inspection; the first officer discovered that the aft galley drain mast was bent; dented and cracked. Damage appears to be the result of being hit by a ground support vehicle. Damage may have occurred airborne; however; as the first officer did not note the damage on preflight walkaround and the reason that he was doing a postflt inspection was that the flight attendants had reported a loud thump from below the center of the aft galley floor while in the descent phase of flight. This occurred at about FL200 and 330 KIAS while on a VMC arrival. The thump was reported to maintenance control. And the first officer was doing a postflt inspection while waiting for contract maintenance personnel to show up.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A319 FLT CREW DOCUMENTS ACFT DAMAGE THAT IS NOTED ON GND. CABIN CREW RPTED HEARING A LOUD BANG AIRBORNE NEAR AFT GALLEY.

Narrative: ON POSTFLT INSPECTION; THE FO DISCOVERED THAT THE AFT GALLEY DRAIN MAST WAS BENT; DENTED AND CRACKED. DAMAGE APPEARS TO BE THE RESULT OF BEING HIT BY A GND SUPPORT VEHICLE. DAMAGE MAY HAVE OCCURRED AIRBORNE; HOWEVER; AS THE FO DID NOT NOTE THE DAMAGE ON PREFLT WALKAROUND AND THE REASON THAT HE WAS DOING A POSTFLT INSPECTION WAS THAT THE FLT ATTENDANTS HAD RPTED A LOUD THUMP FROM BELOW THE CTR OF THE AFT GALLEY FLOOR WHILE IN THE DSCNT PHASE OF FLT. THIS OCCURRED AT ABOUT FL200 AND 330 KIAS WHILE ON A VMC ARR. THE THUMP WAS RPTED TO MAINT CTL. AND THE FO WAS DOING A POSTFLT INSPECTION WHILE WAITING FOR CONTRACT MAINT PERSONNEL TO SHOW UP.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.