What was found
LEFT HAND EXTERNAL FUSELAGE BLIND FASTENER HOLE AT STATION 1270 STRINGER 38L HAS CRACK INDICATION AT 6:00 POSITION VERIFIED WITH NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. INSTALLED SKIN DOUBLER.
- Difficulty date
- March 3, 2002
- Submitted
- April 30, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N456UA
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 1128
- Aircraft time
- 7,851 hours, 2,600 cycles
- Engine
- Iae V2527A5
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- 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.