Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A319131

Difficulty date
October 4, 2000
Submitted
November 14, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N802UA
Make and model
Airbus A319131
Aircraft serial
690
Aircraft time
11,246 hours, 4,120 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Skin
Condition
Punctured
Location
Vertical Stab
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

DUE TO CONTACT WITH GROUND EQUIPMENT, THE VERTICAL STABILIZER LT SIDE SKIN SUSTAINED SCRATCH, PUNCTURE AND DELAMINATION DAMAGE FROM AFT OF S-2 TO S-4, AND OVER A 7 INCHES REGION UP FROM RIB 4. THE SKIN ATTACH AND BOUND FLANGES OF S-3 WERE DAMAGED ABOUT 6 INCHES ABOVE RIB 4. THE VERTICAL STABILIZER SKIN DAMAGE WAS CUT OUT AND REPAIRED, AND S-3 WAS ALSO REPAIRED. THIS WAS A MAJOR REPAIR.

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