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A saab-340B with a ge-CT7 engine was found to have damage on the trailing edge of all four propeller blades near the root. Cowl panel missing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 756568 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200710 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| 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 | SF 340B |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground other : post flight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 756568 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
After arriving at the gate in ZZZ from flight ZZZ1 I noticed that there was a portion of the left engine cowling missing (front-upper portion by the spinner) and a small area of damage on the trailing edge of all 4 blades of the propeller near the root. There were no in-flight indications that anything was abnormal. The flight itself was uneventful. Dispatch; maintenance and a chief pilot were notified. Appropriate entries were made in the maintenance manual! I believe that a portion of the cowling became partially unattached and was bent up into the wind enough that it was hit by the propeller blades. Continue to perform proper preflight/postflt and daily inspections by flight crews and maintenance personnel.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A SAAB-340B WITH A GE-CT7 ENGINE WAS FOUND TO HAVE DAMAGE ON THE TRAILING EDGE OF ALL FOUR PROP BLADES NEAR THE ROOT. COWL PANEL MISSING.
Narrative: AFTER ARRIVING AT THE GATE IN ZZZ FROM FLT ZZZ1 I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A PORTION OF THE L ENG COWLING MISSING (FRONT-UPPER PORTION BY THE SPINNER) AND A SMALL AREA OF DAMAGE ON THE TRAILING EDGE OF ALL 4 BLADES OF THE PROP NEAR THE ROOT. THERE WERE NO INFLT INDICATIONS THAT ANYTHING WAS ABNORMAL. THE FLT ITSELF WAS UNEVENTFUL. DISPATCH; MAINT AND A CHIEF PLT WERE NOTIFIED. APPROPRIATE ENTRIES WERE MADE IN THE MAINT MANUAL! I BELIEVE THAT A PORTION OF THE COWLING BECAME PARTIALLY UNATTACHED AND WAS BENT UP INTO THE WIND ENOUGH THAT IT WAS HIT BY THE PROP BLADES. CONTINUE TO PERFORM PROPER PREFLT/POSTFLT AND DAILY INSPECTIONS BY FLT CREWS AND MAINT PERSONNEL.
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.