Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
December 7, 2020
Submitted
December 9, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N492UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1755
Aircraft time
58,617 hours, 25,311 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
0632024T3
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

UPON ARRIVAL ORD, GOUGE WAS BLENDED, PER SRM 53-11-11-283-001 AND HFEC ACCOMPLISHED PER NTM 51-10-08 WITH NO CRACKS FOUND. ULTRA SOUND WAS ACCOMPLISHED, PER NTM PT4-00-04-02 AND MEASURMENTS ISSUED ON MATRIX. BLEND IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 11.5" AFT OF STATIC PORT CENTER AND IN UNRIVETED/UNSTIFFENED AREA BETWEEN FR 4-5 AND EXTENDS ONTO RIVETED/STIFFENED AREA AT FR 5. BLENDED REGION MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 2" IN DIAMETER WITH REMAINING THICKNESS OF 0.026" IN UNRIVETED STIFFENED AREA AND 0.077" IN STIFFENED AREA. PER SRM 53-11-11-283-001 FIGURE 002 FLOWCHART, DIAGRAM IN FIGURE 017 FOR UNRIVETED UNSTIFFENED REGION 44.6% DEPTH OF DAMAGE TO L RATION FALLS AS DAMAGE SIZE 3, PER DIAGRAM IN FIGURE 18 FOR RIVETED/STIFFENED REGION 22.4% DEPTH OF DAMAGE TO L RATIO FALLS AS DAMAGE SIZE 3. PER FIGURE 002 FLOWCHART DIAGRAM, FIG 10 THIS BLEND IN AREA 1 IS A CATAGORY C REPAIR WITH LIFE LIMIT OF 200 FC. PERMANENT REPAIR MUST BE ACCOMPLISHED WITHIN 200 FC. CARRY FOR 200 FLIGHT CYCLES. SRM REFERENCE FOR BLEND OUT SHOULD READ SRM 53-11-11-283-011 OK TO DIP TEMPORARY REPAIR TO THE RT AFT STATIC PORT, REF SRM 53-11-11-283-011 FIGURE 10 DAMAGE SIZE 3 FOR 200 FLIGHT CYCLES FLIGHT HOURS NOT RELEVANT. TOMC SMITH TOMC-APPROVAL FROM SC1ELBYC COMMENT INFORMATION UPDATE ONLY. AFTER THE CATEGORY C REPAIR 200FC REPAIR THRESHOLD EXPIRES. RECOMMENDED PERMANENT REPAIR IS SRM 53-11-11-300-002. THIS IS A CATEGORY B REPAIR THAT INSTALLS INTERNAL DOUBLER. PLEASE ENSURE THAT THE AIRCRAFT IS ALLOCATED TO THE ST.

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