Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
December 31, 2013
Submitted
January 3, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N449UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
851
Aircraft time
52,667 hours, 20,695 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
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

RVSM DAMAGE, SKIN WAVINESS EXCEEDS RVSM TOLERANCES, BUT WITHIN STANDARDS FOR SAFE FLIGHT IAW SRM. AIRCRAFT IS NON RVSM COMPLIANT CONDITION UNTIL IS REPAIRED OR CORRECTED IAW SRM 53-11-11. IAW SEQ 6672002, DAMAGE IS WITHIN LIMITS, REQUIRES RII INSPECTION TO CONFIRM AERODYNAMIC SMOOTHNESS IAW SRM 53-00-11 TO QUALIFY RVSM STATUS. ORIGINAL DAMAGE CUT IN CAPTAIN`S STATIC PORT 4 INCHES IN LENGTH, DEPTH LESS THAN .001 INCH, HALF INCH ABOVE BOTTOM RED LINE & SAME ON AFT SIDE OF RED LINE. FOUND OK IAW SRM 53-00-00 & 53-00-11.

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