Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
April 25, 2008
Submitted
April 28, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N457UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1146
Aircraft time
27,857 hours, 11,349 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Skin
Condition
Gouged
Location
Fuelage
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

SKIN IS GOUGED AT FR 67 STRINGER 44 FROM TAIL STRIKE. SKIN WORN THROUGH TO FRAME AT FR70 STGR 44 DAMAGE MEASURES APPROX 6"X 4" FROM TAIL STRIKE BY- 254125 :CUT DAMAGED SKIN FOR ACCES S TO FRAME 70 DAMAGE EVALUATION.BLENDED DAMAGE ON FRAME.

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