Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
September 8, 2013
Submitted
September 11, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N421UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
500
Aircraft time
65,039 hours, 24,380 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Skin
Condition
Scratched
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

SCRATCH ON FS BETWEEN FR21 & FR23 AROUND STRINGER 20. DAMAGED AREA HAS BEEN REWORKED BUT NOT DOCUMENTED. DAMAGE MEASURES 1"LONG & .100" WIDE & 0.019" MATERIAL REMOVED. DAMAGE IS UNDER 25% OF ORIGINAL SKIN THICKNESS OF 0.079".

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