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An air carrier crew reports finding hail damage to the radome; engine pylon and a landing light during post flight. The aircraft avoided heavy WX on the airborne radar.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 744276 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200707 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zzz.artcc |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 16000 msl bound upper : 18000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Weather Elements | Thunderstorm Turbulence other |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zzz.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | arrival star : zzz |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 4800 flight time type : 450 |
| ASRS Report | 744276 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 45 flight time total : 6000 |
| ASRS Report | 744277 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter other non adherence : company policies non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Weather |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
On descent; crew deviated south of course on arrival (deviation for WX). WX radar returns indicated heavy rain. Steering clear of cells; aircraft encountered moderate turbulence and heavy rain. Uneventful landing at ZZZ and crew left airplane unaware of hail damage. Duty officer was informed by maintenance that aircraft suffered damage. Duty officer then phoned captain and first officer. Captain and first officer went out to the airplane and noticed hail damage to radome; left landing light; top of right engine pylon. Crew then filed a flight safety report and both are filing NASA reports.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR CREW REPORTS FINDING HAIL DAMAGE TO THE RADOME; ENG PYLON AND A LNDG LIGHT DURING POST FLT. THE ACFT AVOIDED HVY WX ON THE AIRBORNE RADAR.
Narrative: ON DSCNT; CREW DEVIATED S OF COURSE ON ARR (DEV FOR WX). WX RADAR RETURNS INDICATED HVY RAIN. STEERING CLR OF CELLS; ACFT ENCOUNTERED MODERATE TURB AND HVY RAIN. UNEVENTFUL LNDG AT ZZZ AND CREW LEFT AIRPLANE UNAWARE OF HAIL DAMAGE. DUTY OFFICER WAS INFORMED BY MAINT THAT ACFT SUFFERED DAMAGE. DUTY OFFICER THEN PHONED CAPT AND FO. CAPT AND FO WENT OUT TO THE AIRPLANE AND NOTICED HAIL DAMAGE TO RADOME; L LNDG LIGHT; TOP OF R ENG PYLON. CREW THEN FILED A FLT SAFETY RPT AND BOTH ARE FILING NASA RPTS.
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.