A dc-10 aircraft had the #1 engine exhaust tail cone depart the engine during takeoff.

Attributes
ACN	728811
Time
Date	200702
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl bound lower : 100 agl bound upper : 200
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Weather Elements	Rain
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zzz.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-10 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 11500 flight time type : 100
ASRS Report	728811
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Everything was normal with the departure and climb out. While we were in cruise flight with center; they advised of a relay message; that there was a report from 2 aircraft on the ground at departure airport that we had a part of the aircraft fall off of our aircraft. We established a phone patch to our maintenance control/dispatch; advising of the message. Our dispatch telephoned airport operations to verify the report. Our dispatch was unable to verify that a part had fallen off of our aircraft. Since all system were normal; we continued. Once we arrived; we saw on our postflt inspection that we lost our #1 engine exhaust tail cone.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A DC-10 ACFT HAD THE #1 ENGINE EXHAUST TAIL CONE DEPART THE ENGINE DURING TAKEOFF.

Narrative: EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL WITH THE DEP AND CLBOUT. WHILE WE WERE IN CRUISE FLT WITH CTR; THEY ADVISED OF A RELAY MESSAGE; THAT THERE WAS A RPT FROM 2 ACFT ON THE GND AT DEP ARPT THAT WE HAD A PART OF THE ACFT FALL OFF OF OUR ACFT. WE ESTABLISHED A PHONE PATCH TO OUR MAINT CTL/DISPATCH; ADVISING OF THE MESSAGE. OUR DISPATCH TELEPHONED ARPT OPS TO VERIFY THE RPT. OUR DISPATCH WAS UNABLE TO VERIFY THAT A PART HAD FALLEN OFF OF OUR ACFT. SINCE ALL SYS WERE NORMAL; WE CONTINUED. ONCE WE ARRIVED; WE SAW ON OUR POSTFLT INSPECTION THAT WE LOST OUR #1 ENG EXHAUST TAIL CONE.

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.