Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A320211

Difficulty date
December 8, 2012
Submitted
December 10, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N310NW
Make and model
Airbus A320211
Aircraft serial
121
Aircraft time
68,007 hours, 30,286 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
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

DURING INSPECTION, FOUND RT SIDE LOWER AFT FUSELAGE FR 69,S28-29R EXTERNAL SKIN SURFACE HAS PRE-EXISTING TOOL MARK (APPEARS TO BE FROM FASTENER REPLACEMENT). REMOVED TOOL MARKS IAW SRM 51-73-00. CHECKED DAMAGE L=.8", W=.7", D=.012". FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 53-41-11 DIAGRAM 102. CUT-OUT THE DAMAGE SKIN IAW SRM 53-41-11 PAR 5.M.E.L=.88" X .83". FABRICATED DOUBLER IAW SRM 53-41-11, FIG. 216 FROM 2024-T3. 071C BATCH 0002027003, FABRICATED (2EA) REPAIR FILLERS FROM 2024-T3 .063C BATCH 0002339436 IAW SRM 53-41-11, FIG 216. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER AND (2EA) FILLERS IAW SRM 53-41-11, FIG 216. INSTALLED IDENTIFICATION TAG IAW PS 900-5-1, NR 04. PAINTED REPAIR AREA IAW SRM 51-75-12.

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