Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
May 22, 2018
Submitted
May 25, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N747AV
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
6861
Aircraft time
8,528 hours, 2,887 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Scratched
Location
Frames 64-65
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING A WALK AROUND INSPECTION, FOUND TWO SCRATCHES ON THE AFT AFT FUSELAGE BETWEEN FRAMES 64 AND 65, STRINGERS 25 AND 26L, THE SCRATCHES WERE EVALUATED IAW SRM 53-41-11-283-041, CLASSIFIED AS MINOR DAMAGE, REPAIRED IAW SRM 51-73-00, DIAGRAM 001, SHEET 1. THE SKIN THICKNESS WAS REDUCED ON 10%, THE REWORK TOTAL AREA DIMENSIONS ARE LENGHT 41MM, WIDTH 40MM. PERFORMED HFEC IAW NTM 51-10-08-250-802, NO DEFECTS NOTED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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