20010414009589I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 7372E1 · Medford, OR · April 14, 2001

Date
April 14, 2001 · 09:02 local
Place
Medford, OR
Airport
Medford-Jackson County
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N951UA
Reported as
Boeing 7372E1
People aboard
32
Fatal injuries
0

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)During a preflight inspection the scheduled outbound captain of the following flight grounded the aircraft when he discovered scraping damage to the underside of the left wing approximately four feet inboard of the wing tip. The damage included a hole in the composite left aileron, a long cordwise scratch on number one leading edge slat, and dents in three composite panels surrounding long chordwise scratches in the paint on the aluminum underside wing planks. The discrepancies were appropriately recorded and reported. A maintenance team was flown to Medford, where they removed and replaced the damaged aileron and prepared the aircraft for flight. The aircraft was then ferried to the uala maintenance base at sfo where permanent repairs were completed. Susequent FAA investigation revealed that the aircraft had been damaged whne the improperly monitored, unreported, left wing was brushed over a cabin service truck during pushback at sfo gate 76. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23)DURING A PREFLIGHT INSPECTION THE SCHEDULED OUTBOUND CAPTAIN OF THE FOLLOWING FLIGHT GROUNDED THE AIRCRAFT WHEN HE DISCOVERED SCRAPING DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE LEFT WING APPROXIMATELY FOUR FEET INBOARD OF THE WING TIP. THE DAMAGE INCLUDED A HOLE IN THE COMPOSITE LEFT AILERON, A LONG CORDWISE SCRATCH ON NUMBER ONE LEADING EDGE SLAT, AND DENTS IN THREE COMPOSITE PANELS SURROUNDING LONG CHORDWISE SCRATCHES IN THE PAINT ON THE ALUMINUM UNDERSIDE WING PLANKS. THE DISCREPANCIES WERE APPROPRIATELY RECORDED AND REPORTED. A MAINTENANCE TEAM WAS FLOWN TO MEDFORD, WHERE THEY REMOVED AND REPLACED THE DAMAGED AILERON AND PREPARED THE AIRCRAFT FOR FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN FERRIED TO THE UALA MAINTENANCE BASE AT SFO WHERE PERMANENT REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED. SUSEQUENT FAA INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN DAMAGED WHNE THE IMPROPERLY MONITORED, UNREPORTED, LEFT WING WAS BRUSHED OVER A CABIN SERVICE TRUCK DURING PUSHBACK AT SFO GATE 76. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^