Service difficulty report · Stringer · Airbus A319131

Difficulty date
October 3, 2025
Submitted
October 8, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N834UA
Make and model
Airbus A319131
Aircraft serial
1420
Aircraft time
73,370 hours, 32,763 cycles
Part
Stringer
Part number
D5311233320000
Condition
Gouged
Location
Zone 200
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K, O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

FOUND 2 LARGE SCRATCHES AND DENT ON FUSELAGE JUST AFT OF DOOR 1L.THE GOUGE MEASURES 4.25" BY 2.0" AND GOES ACROSS A STRINGER AND THROUGH TWO RIVET HEADS (AS PICTURED). THE DENT MEASURES .065" DEEP. USING SRM REFERENCE 53-11-11-283-017 BLEND OUT (REWORK) PLUS DENT. REMOVED 6EA. RIVETS AND BLEND GOUGE REF SRM 53-11-11-283-017 REF. SRM: 53-11-11-283-017- PERFORMED HFEC TO EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL SURFACE OF BLEND-OUT AREA WITH NO CRACKS DETECTED AT THIS TIME. ACCOMPLISHED STEPS 1. , 2. , 3. AND 4. REF AVO15755. ACCOMPLISHED STEP 9 REF AVO15755 . UPDATE SDR WHILE ACCOMPLISHING STEP 14 OF AVO15755 AFTER COLDWORKING THERE IS EVUIDANCE OF OILCANNING ON FUSELAGE SKIN IN DENTED AREA ONLY. REF AVO15755 REV A- WITNESSED ACCMPMNT OF STEPS 1-4. ACCMPL HFEC OF EXTERNAL/INTRNL SKIN PRE-BLENDOUT AND POST BLENDOUT AND FASTNR HOLES PER STEPS 5,6, AND 7. NO CRACKS DETECTED AT THIS TIME. REF AVO15755 REV A- ACCOMPLD STEP 8 FOR MAPOUT OF REMAINING THICKNS OF SKIN AND SENT TO ESC. WITNESSED STEPS 9-11. ACCMPLD HFEC PER STEP 12,13 WITH NO CRACKS DETECTED AT THIS TIME. REF AVO15755 REV A- WITNESSED STEP 14 COLDWORKING OF DENT. ACCMPLD INTERNAL/EXTRNL HFEC OF REWORKED SKIN AND OPEN FASTNR HOLES PER STEPS 15 AND 16 WITH NO CRACKS DETECTED AT THIS TIME. NOTE: ALL ABOVE STEP SIGNOFFS ARE FOR PARAGRAPH "A" OF AVO15755 REV A. REMOVED THE NR 2 DOOR STOP FITTING AND FRAME PER AVO15755. STEP 10 REFERENCE AVO15755 REVISION A STEP 17 .THERE IS NO DEFLECTION NOTED ON THE #2 DTHAT CONNECTS TO THE DOOR STOP FITTING.

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