Service difficulty report · Radome · Boeing 7372L9

Difficulty date
January 21, 2010
Submitted
January 25, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N464AT
Make and model
Boeing 7372L9
Aircraft serial
21278
Aircraft time
50,926 hours, 44,427 cycles
Part
Radome
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nose
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING A THUNDERSTORM WITH WINDS AT 60 MPH GUSTING TO 70 MPH, A DUMPSTER MOVED FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RAMP TO THE NORTH SIDE WHERE IT CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS BY THE TAXIWAY, DISTANCE, APPROX 200 YARDS. ALL OF THE ACFT ON THE RAMP WERE INSPECTED. THIS ACFT WAS DAMAGED AT THE RADOME AND TO A PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED AREA ON THE FUSELAGE. THE DAMAGE TO THE PATCH AND DAMAGE TO RADOME SHOWS PAINT SMEARS THAT MATCH THE DUMPSTER. THE DUMPSTER SHOWS DAMAGES THAT MATCH THE ACFT. THE DAMAGE DONE TO THE PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED AREA WILL MOST LIKELY NEED ENGINEERING TO REPAIR IT.

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