- Difficulty date
- December 15, 2013
- Submitted
- December 16, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 1508
- Aircraft time
- 40,735 hours, 17,586 cycles
- Engine
- Iae V2527A5
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Dented
- 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
LT FUSELAGE SKIN HAS DENT 5 FEET BELOW COCKPIT SLIDING WINDOW & 4 INCHES ABOVE TAT SENSOR. FUSELAGE SKIN DENT IS CRACK FREE & WITHIN LIMITS IAW SRM 53-11-11-101 PG 127 DIA A02. FOUND DENT TO BE CREASED & OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 53-11-11, PG 103. FABRICATED & INSTALLED DOUBLER IAW SRM 53-00-11 FIG 213.