Service difficulty report · Tape · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
July 18, 2023
Submitted
July 19, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N680AW
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
2630
Aircraft time
55,418 hours, 23,197 cycles
Part
Tape
Part number
UNKNOWN
Condition
Peeling
Location
Zone 200
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A, O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED RETURNED TO CLT. WHILE CLIMBING THRU 5000 FEET, THE FLIGHT CREW HEARD A BANG FOLLOWED BY THE SOUND OF AIR RUSHING ABOVE. THE FLIGHT CREW THOUGHT THYE HAD HIT SOMETHING AND SUBSEQUENTLY BELIEVED THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE FUSELAGE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT CLT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO THE GATE UNDER ITS OWN POWER. UPON ARRIVAL THE FLIGTH CREW SAW THAT SOME SPEED TAPE OVER THE FLIGHT DECK HAD PEELED AWAY. MAINTENANCE RE-APPLIED SPEED TAPE ABOVE THE LEFT AND RIGHT FLIGHT DECK WINDOWS PER AFMM 20-11-33.

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