- Difficulty date
- October 3, 2012
- Submitted
- October 4, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Airbus A319114
- Aircraft serial
- 1498
- Aircraft time
- 31,448 hours, 16,286 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
LEFT FUSELAGE EXTERNAL SKIN BTW FR 20 -FR 21 APPROX STR 22L IS DENTED. MEASURED DENT IAW SRM 53-11-11, FIG 104. T=0.079" D=0.065" B=0.650" A=0.650" DENT FULFILLS NEARNESS/FORM CRITERION. PERFORMED EXTERNAL DETAILED INSPECTION AND EXTERNAL HFEC IAW NTM 51-10-08 PT 6. NO CRACKS NOTED. DENT IS ALLOWABLE IAW SRM 53-11-11, DIA 102.