Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A319114

Difficulty date
August 12, 2012
Submitted
August 17, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N325NB
Make and model
Airbus A319114
Aircraft serial
1483
Aircraft time
31,595 hours, 16,194 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Dented
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

AFT FUSELAGE LOWER EXTERNAL SKIN (BELOW L2 DOOR 3 INCH FWD OF FR 68 BTW STR 28L - 29L) DENTED (PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED ON LP 3335721). HFEC IAW NTM 51-10-08 PT 6 INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL. NO DEFECTS. DIMENSION OF DENTED AREA L=2.7 W=1.5 D=0.053 A=1.85 B=0.58 ORIGINAL THICKNESS .063. FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS IAW A319 SRM 53-41-11. CUTOUT DAMAGED SKIN IAW A319 SRM 53-41-11 FIG 213. L=1.160 W=1.150. PERFORMED HFEC INSPECTION OF CUTOUT IAW NTM 51-10-08 PT 6 WITH NO CRACK INDICATIONS NOTED. FABRICATED DOUBLER IAW A319 SRM 53-41-11 FIG 213. INSTALLED FILLER WASHER IAW A319 SRM 51-71-15. TOTAL WEIGHT OF REPAIR PARTS 0.181LB. INSTALLED DOUBLER IAW A319 SRM 51-42-11 AND 53-41-11.

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