What was found
ON WALK AROUND FOUND DENTS ON TAIL CONE LOWER SIDE AFT OF APU DOORS. SKIN DAMAGE OUT OF LIMITS. CUT OUT DAMAGED SKIN & HAD ALL NDTS ACCOMPLISHED. REPAIRED SKIN DAMAGE IAW SRM 53-151-11 FIG 203.
- Difficulty date
- July 29, 2015
- Submitted
- July 30, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N438UA
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 678
- Aircraft time
- 59,483 hours, 24,044 cycles
- Engine
- Iae V2527A5
- System (JASC)
- 5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Dented
- Location
- Tailcone
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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