Service difficulty report · Slat · Airbus A320214

Difficulty date
March 21, 2021
Submitted
March 22, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N686TA
Make and model
Airbus A320214
Aircraft serial
5238
Aircraft time
27,665 hours, 10,341 cycles
Part
Slat
Condition
Damaged
Location
Lt Wing
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

BIRD STRIKE ON LEFT WING DURING APPROACH. ACTION TAKEN: AS PER TSM TASK 05-50-00-810-803-A AND AMM TASK 05-51-14-200-803-A, PERFORMED INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER BIRD STRIKE, AND ONLY L/H WING, SLAT #1 WAS FOUND DAMAGED, NO MORE DAMAGES FOUND. DENTS WERE EVALUATED IN A CCORDING WITH SRM TASK 57-40-283-001 LOCATED BETWEEN RIB3 AND RIB4. DENT 1 LOCATED AT SKIN AREA 2 WITH MEASURE DEPTH: 0.11 IN , LENGHT: 8.2 IN, AND WIDE: 6.25 , MINIMUM DISTANCE TO RIVET AREA IS: 0.60IN. DENT 2 IS LOCATED INN SKIN AREA 3. DEPTH:0.25 INCH WIDE: 3.2 INCH ; LENGHT: 7 INCH. MINIMUM DISTANCE TO THE RIVET LINE 0.59 INCH. NO RIVET FOUND LOOSE AND NO CRACKS WERE FOUND. DAMAGE IS ALLOWABLE. TEMPORARY REPAIR IS PERFORMED ASPER SRM 57-40-00-300-026 WICH IS VALID FOR 5000FC, 10000FH OR 24 MONTHS, THE REPAIR IS CONTROLLED UNDER HIL.

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