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The inspection conditions may significantly affect the visual detectability of impact damage in aircraft composite skins. The goal of the present study was to identify the most affecting factors related to standard field control procedures and thus establish reasonable barely visible impact damage threshold in the frameworks of Irkut MC-21 aircraft certification. The probability of surface damage...