Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
November 7, 2021
Submitted
November 12, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N635JB
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
2725
Aircraft time
59,711 hours, 21,132 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Gouged
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

DURING HEAVY MAINTENANCE, WEIGHT VARIANT UPGRADE FOR A/C N635JB- SRM REPAIR SURVEY - FUSELAGE - GOUGE, 1.1 INCH AFT OF FR 34 AND 1.8 INCH LEFT OF STR 44 ; REF AEROMAN N/R 2021-4548703 WO# 2021 367/1 PERFORMED PERMANENT REPAIR LOC FUSELAGE LOC FUSELAGE 1.1 INCH AFT OF FR 34 AND 1.8 INCH LEFT OF STR 44 IAW EA# 53-0531-21 REVISION #0 PART 1 AND 2 AND EC # A21-1187-01 AND AIRBUS DRAFT 80976533/003/2021#A. THIS REPAIR IS CATEGORY B MUST BE INSPECTION THRESHOLD 60000FC/120000FH INTERVAL METHOD TBD. TRACKING OF INSPECTION ON EC A21-1187-01. MAJOR REPAIR. WORK PERFORMED BY AEROMAN# 8634818 CHECKED BY AEROMAN# 8622908 RII BY AEROMAN QC# 207

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