Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
June 28, 2022
Submitted
June 29, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N434UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
592
Aircraft time
79,653 hours, 31,064 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
NA
Condition
Dented
Location
Fr 61-62
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

UAL QC DISCOVERY DURING STORAGE, EXISTING DENT AND SCRATCH BETWEEN FRAMES 61 AND 62 JUST LEFT OF CENTER ON BELLY AFTER SMOOTHING PAINT SCRATCH STILL EXISTS, WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL EVALUATION IMENSIONS OF DENT: 2.4" L X 1.7" W X 0.42" D. FOUND TO BE OUT OF USED TO MEASURE DEPTH REPORTED DEPTH GAUGE SERIAL # 2151, NEXT ALLOWABLE LIMITS DUE TO PRESENCE OF SCRATCHES INSIDE DENT AREA. CAL DUE ON 12/08/2022. REF AIRBUS A320 SRM 53-41-11-283-002. LOGPAGE LOCKED FERRY FLIGHT LOCATED AND EVALUATED DAMAGE AT REAR LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN BETWEEN EVALUATED SCRATCHES WITHIN THE DENT, DIMENSIONS AS FOLLOWS: #1 ADDED PHOTOS. ADDED PHOTOS FRAME 61- FRAME 62, STRG 42 L/H & STRG 43 L/H WHERE ORIGINAL TH 1.100" L X 0.030" W X 0.005 D#2 0.300" L X 0.100" W X 0.004 D. THICKNESS FOUND TO BE 0.063". REF AIRBUS SRM A320 53-41-11-992-042 FOUND BOTH TO OUT OF ALLOWABLE LIMITS DUE TO LOCATION WITHIN -0 DAMAGE FOUND TO BE A DENT WITH 2 EA SCRATCHES INSIDE DENT. D CLOSE PROXIMITY. REF AIRBUS A320 SRM 53-41-11-283-001.

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