Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
December 15, 2005
Submitted
December 20, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N410UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
463
Aircraft time
39,788 hours, 14,255 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Skin
Condition
Scratched
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.

What was found

LARGE DEEP SCRATCHES APPROXIMATLEY 24-28 INCHES LONG APPROXIMATELY 8 INCHES BEHIND FWD FUSELAGE BULKHEAD JUST AFT OF NOSE RADOME, FROM BELOW WATER LINE TO JUST BELOW RVSM AREA LT SIDE OF FUSELAGE. MAJOR REPAIR REPORTING. BLENDED SCRATCHED AREA PER SRM 53-11-11-101 AND SRM 53-00-11-101 FOR RVSM COMPLIANCE.

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