When You Absolutely, Positively, Lose A Piece Of Your Wing...

It's gotta be REALLY disconcerting to land, do a post-flight inspection, look out at one's wing and see a five foot piece AWOL. But -- all's well that lands well...

** Report created 10/21/2005 Record 8 **
IDENTIFICATION
 Regis#: FDX1718 Make/Model: DC10 Description: DC-10 (KC-10 Extender, KDC-10)
 Date: 10/20/2005 Time: 1602
 Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
 Damage: Unknown
LOCATION
 City: MINNEAPOLIS State: MN Country: US

DESCRIPTION
FEDEX REPORTED TO M98 AND THE MSP FSDO THAT THEY HAD A PLANE LAND MSP AT ABOUNT 0500Z, MISSING A 5 FOOT SECTION OF A FORWARD FLAP. THE SITUATION WAS DISCOVERED DURING THE POST FLIGHT INSPECTION. MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT , MINNEAPOLIS, MN

INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
 # Crew: 3 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
 # Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
 # Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
WEATHER: NOT REPORTED
OTHER DATA
 Activity: Business Phase: Unknown Operation: Air Carrier
 Departed: UNKN Dep Date: Dep. Time:
 Destination: MINNEAPOLIS, MN MSP Flt Plan: UNK Wx Briefing: U
 Last Radio Cont: UNKN  Last Clearance: UNKN
 FAA FSDO: MINNEAPOLIS, MN (GL15) Entry date: 10/21/2005

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