What was found
PUNCTURE HOLE IN SKIN JUST FWD AND BELOW DOOR 1L. REMOVED DAMAGED AREA AND PERFORMED HFEC AROUND CUTOUT, NO CRACKS NOTED. PERFORMED A TEMP REPAIR, PERMANENT REPAIR TO BE INSTALLED WITHIN 3000 FH.
- Difficulty date
- November 21, 2007
- Submitted
- November 26, 2007
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N843UA
- Make and model
- Airbus A319131
- Aircraft serial
- 1573
- Aircraft time
- 22,221 hours, 8,720 cycles
- Engine
- Iae V2522A5
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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