Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
August 9, 2011
Submitted
August 11, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N455UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1105
Aircraft time
41,324 hours, 15,716 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Vertical Stab
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

GOUGE ABOUT 8" LONG ON LEFT SIDE OF VERTICAL STAB ABOUT 6' UP FROM FUSELAGE. DAMAGE IS EXPOSED COMPOSITE DUE TO PAINT SEPARATION ON VERTICAL STAB AT ZONE 323 STA 299 DAMAGE IS AN UNEVEN AREA EXTENDED OVER 10" LONG AND 4" WIDE. MADE TEMPORRAY REPAIR PER SRM. TO BE REPAIRED WITHIN 600FC. CYCLES ARE NOW AT 15716. REPAIR MUST BE DONE BY 16316FC. ** DL8432 CREATED TO MONITOR **.

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