Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
October 31, 2010
Submitted
November 12, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N417UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
483
Aircraft time
55,316 hours, 20,472 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Skin
Condition
Dented
Location
Nr 2 Slat
Component
Slat
Component part number
D5746027800500
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

RIGHT NR 2 SLAT HAS DENT. BEGAN REMOVING SLAT PER MM. DURING SLAT OPS CHECK, HAD NR 2 SFCC FAULT ONE CAM, COULD NOT RESET, SWAPPED MSG FOLLOWED, BACK TO ORIGINAL POS. REPLACED NR 2 SFCC REF AMM, GDN TEST PASSED, CAT III TEST WILL BE ON SMC13. LARGE DENT IN LE SLAT IMM OTBD OF RIGHT SIDE ENGINE. DENT IS 4 X 2.5 INCHES AND JUST SHY OF 3MM DEPTH. REPLACED NR 2 SLAT, OP CHECKED GOOD, NO FAULTS.

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