Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
July 3, 2006
Submitted
July 7, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N461UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1266
Aircraft time
21,233 hours, 7,733 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

FOUND FUSELAGE DAMAGE IN NOSE AREA AFT OF THE E/E DOOR FROM RAMP TRACTOR. HIT ANTENNA AND EXTERNAL POWER DOOR. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-00-11 FIG205. INTERIM REPAIR & MAY BE UPGRADED WITH SUPPLEMENTAL INSPECTIONS FOLLOWING DAMAGE TOLERANCE ANALYSIS. ACCOMPLISHED INSPECTION OF THE INTERIM REPAIR FWD OF THE EXTERNAL POWER DOOR PER MF 3319, FOUND OK. DAMAGE TOLERANCE ASSE MENT REVIEWED WITH AIRBUS. RAS 038132-010-2005 ISSUE "A", PERMITED TEMPORARY REPAIR (UNTIL HMV) WHEN HI-LOKS ON REPAIR WHERE REPLACED WITH HL111VF6. THIS IS PER DTA 04-260. REPLACED FASTENERS PER EVA -60439

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