Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A330323

Difficulty date
August 10, 2019
Submitted
December 14, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N805NW
Make and model
Airbus A330323
Aircraft serial
0552
Aircraft time
83,460 hours, 10,915 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Dented
Location
Frms 30-31
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
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

MTC REPORTED A DENT COMMON TO THE LT FUSELAGE SKIN, JUST BELOW THE LT WING ILLUMINATION LIGHT BETWEEN FRAMES 30-31, STR 26-27L. THE DENT MEASURED 4 IN LENGTH FWD/AFT, 1.5 IN LENGTH UP/DWN AND 0.062 AT THE DEEPEST POINT. ALTHOUGH THE DENT IS WITHIN SRM ALLOWABLE FOR DEPTH, LENGTH AND PROXIMITY TO NEARBY FASTENERS IT IS INSIDE THE EXCLUDED SECTION IAW SRM 53-21-11-283-006. ACCOMPLISHED PERMANENT REPAIR AND BLENDED AREA IAW ERA 580319-14, PERFORMED DVI INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL SKIN ON REPAIR AREA AND FOUND NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE.

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