Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A320214

Difficulty date
November 1, 2023
Submitted
November 16, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N637VA
Make and model
Airbus A320214
Aircraft serial
03465
Aircraft time
44,946 hours, 14,453 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
D5757065004200
Part serial
TB13468
Condition
Dented
Location
Lt Te Flap
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

LESSOR ITEM 262: DB #10 2012 HISTORIC DEFECT LEFT INNER FLAP, LOWER EDGE, HAS NUMEROUS DENTS DISCREPANCY: REPAIR NOT SPECIFIED AND NO NDT RECORDED REQUIRED ACTION: PLEASE RE-VAL FOR LOC, DIMS & NDT - ATTACH SRM REF GROUNDED - YES. EVALUATED L/H I/B FLAP LOWER SKIN DENTS ON ZONE 2 AT RIB 5 & 7 LOCATIONS, 20 EA DENTS MEASURED & LOCATED, DENTS 1 & 12 WERE REPAIRED BY APPLYING FILLER, ALL OTHER DENTS FOUND TO BE WITHIN ALLOWABLE LIMITS WITH NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED IAW A320 SRM: 57-52-00-283-106, 57-52-00-300-091, 51-77-11-911-023, 51-77-11-911-031, 51-23-11 & NTM PT 6 51-10-08; ALL DENTS SMOOTH, NO CRACKS, CREASE, GOUGES OR DELAMS, YELLOW DOT APPLIED. SEAMC STEVE NOTIFIED, CONTROL # 09034637 REMOVED SURFACE FINISH ON L/H I/B FLAP LOWER SKIN AT RIB 5 & RIB 7 ON ZONE 2, FOUND A TOTAL OF 20 EA DENTS: DENT #1 L=1", D=.03", 49.5" FROM I/B EDGE, 10" FROM T/E; DENT #2 L=.6", D=.009", 54.5" FROM I/B EDGE, 9.5" FROM T/E; DENT 3 L=.5", D=.005", 53" FROM I/B EDGE, 8.5" FROM T/E; DENT 4 L=1", D=.007", 52" FROM I/B EDGE, 7" FROM T/E; DENT 5 L=.8", D=.007", 52" FROM I/B EDGE, 5.75" FROM T/E ;DENT 6 L=.5", D=.006", 50" FROM I/B EDGE, 5.25" FROM T/E; DENT 7 L=.6", D=.007", 50" FROM I/B EDGE, 1.5" FROM T/E; DENT 8 L=.6, D=.008", 51.75" FROM I/B EDGE, .75" FROM T/E; DENT 9 L=.5", D=.012", 54" FROM I/B EDGE, 3.5" FROM T/E; DENT 10 L=.7", D=.018", 55.5" FROM I/B EDGE, 2" FROM T/E; DENT 11 L=.6", D=.009", 56.5" FROM I/B EDGE, 1" FROM T/E; DENT 12 L=.6", D=.025", 95" FROM I/B EDGE, 8.5" FROM T/E;

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