Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A330323

Difficulty date
September 10, 2016
Submitted
February 17, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N821NW
Make and model
Airbus A330323
Aircraft serial
0865
Aircraft time
42,868 hours, 5,580 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

DENT IN FUSELAGE RT SIDE BELOW R2 DOOR- 2.5 IN IN DIA. 0.10 IN DEEP. 6.5IN BELOW LAP JOINT STGR31, 1.5 IN AFT OF STA 20878/FR31. CLEANED AND INSPECTED DENT, NO CRACKS FOUND. DURING LAYOVER IN MSP, IT WAS FOUND DURING A REINSPECT, THE DENT WAS MORE EXTENSIVE THAN ORIGINALLY REPORTED. THE ORIGINAL REPORT DATE WAS 10SEP16. THE DENT AND GOUGE ARE WITHIN THE ALLOWABLE DAMAGE LIMITS AS SET PER SRM 53-21-11 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE 0.59" 'B' (CENTER OF FASTENER TO EDGE OF DENT) REQUIREMENT AND SINCE IT IS A COMBINATION OF A DENT AND GOUGE. PERMANENT REPAIR WILL REMOVE DAMAGED SKIN AND INSTALL REPAIR DOUBLER PER SRM 53-21-11-FIG 204 AND ER/A 555389-14.

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