Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A320212

Difficulty date
May 27, 2026
Submitted
May 28, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N336NW
Make and model
Airbus A320212
Aircraft serial
355
Aircraft time
96,919 hours, 44,931 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Zone 200
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

AIRCRAFT 3236, DURING CURRENT HEAVY CHECK PERFORMED AT AEM (SAL), AN EXISTING REPAIR WAS FOUND ON THE EXTERNAL SKIN AT LEVEL OF FR29 AND STGR4L. THE REPAIR WAS EVALUATED AGAINST THE SRM 53-00-11 FIGURE 204 AND THE PITCHES THAT FIGURE 1 SHOWS WERE FOUND OUT OF THE REPAIR GUIDELINES. CORRECTIVE ACTION: REMOVE THE REPAIR DOUBLER PER SRM 51-42-11, PERFORM A CUT OUT ON EXTERNAL SKIN PER SRM 53-00-11 FIGURE 204, SRM 51-47-00 AND SRM 51-27-00, PERFORM THE REPAIR AS PER SRM TASK 53-00-11-300-043. PERFORMED REPAIRINSTRUCTIONS FWD FUSELAGE-EXTERNAL SKIN AT FR29 AND STR 4 LH AS PER ER/A 537925-14 REV. A SECTION I. (LP 1615991 - AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED)

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