Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
May 18, 2008
Submitted
May 21, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N494UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1840
Aircraft time
19,011 hours, 8,505 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Skin
Condition
Gouged
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

GOUGE FOUND JUST BELOW AND FWD OF O2 SVC ACCESS DOOR ON LEFT SIDE OF FUSELAGE AT FRAME 13, BETWEEN STRINGERS 21 AND 27, 3 INCHES LONG AND .015 INCH DEEP. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED, INSTALLED DOUBLER REPAIR.

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