Service difficulty report · Skin · Aerosp ATR72212

Difficulty date
April 23, 2015
Submitted
July 1, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N819FX
Make and model
Aerosp ATR72212
Aircraft serial
359
Aircraft time
29,857 hours, 29,698 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

FLIGHT 7277, BIRD STRIKE, DISCREPANCY. ON APPROACH, THE ACFT FLEW THROUGH A FLOCK OF BIRDS. THE CREW ELECTED TO CONTINUE AFTER DETERMINING THAT THE ACFT WAS MANEUVERING NORMALLY, NO VIBRATION COULD BE DETECTED & ALL ENG GAUGES WERE INDICATING NORMAL. THE ACFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. DURING POST FLIGHT INSPECTION, DISCOVERED TWO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SITES. INITIALLY UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE SEVERITY OF THE DAMAGE. ACFT WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE. DETERMINED THAT TWO MAJOR REPAIRS WERE NEEDED PER SRAS DT S-2482 15...9393 FOR PN S53172101220, RT LOWER LOBE FWD SKIN PANEL & SRAS S531R5002 9400 FOR PN S53171501203, RT UPPER LATERAL SKIN PANEL, BOTH DATED 6 30 2015.

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