Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
December 10, 2007
Submitted
December 11, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N464UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1290
Aircraft time
26,739 hours, 9,818 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Skin
Condition
Dented
Location
Horizontal Stab
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

DENT IN LT FWD STAB TIP. SAMC TEXT: FOUND DENT AND SCRATCHES ON LT HORIZ STAB TO BE 8" WIDE BY 4" LONG BY 1-2" DEEP. THERE APPEARS TO BE A SMALL CRACK AT THE INBD END OF DENT, WHERE DENT MEETS SCAB PATCH. DUE TO UNKNOWN DAMAGE. REPLACED THE LT STAB TIP WITH NEW ASSY AND SEALED.

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