Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A319131

Difficulty date
June 22, 2011
Submitted
July 18, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N812UA
Make and model
Airbus A319131
Aircraft serial
850
Aircraft time
44,525 hours, 17,370 cycles
Engine
Iae V2522A5
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Fuselage
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

FUSELAGE DAMAGE JUST AFT OF THE FWD PIT. REMOVED DAMAGE PER ACCOMPLISH HFEC AND PROCEED WITH REPAIR WITH NO ALTERATIONS. ACCOMPLISHED HFEC, NO CRACK INDICATION FOUND. MANUFACTURED FILLER SHIMS FOR AREA 1 AND AREA 2 IN LOWER SKIN PER DRAWING IAW UA-EVA-80978. PERFORMED INTERNAL & EXTERNAL HFEC INSPECTION OF THE ADJACENT STRUCTURE TO ENSURE CRACK FREE CONDITION. ACCOMPLISHED HFEC AS REQUIRED. NO CRACK INDICATION NOTED. MANUFACTURED FILLERS AND ONE MILLED EDGE DOUBLER PER UA-EVA-80978. COMPLETED FABRICATION, ALODINE AND PRIME OF REPAIR FILLERS. MANUFACTURED MILLED EDGE DOUBLER PER UA-EVA-80978. ACCOMPLISHEDINSPECTION AS REQUIRED.

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