The phrase "airframe damage" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in the context of aviation to refer to any physical harm or impairment to the structure of an aircraft's frame.
Example: "The inspection revealed significant airframe damage that would require extensive repairs before the aircraft could be deemed airworthy again."
Alternatives: "aircraft structure damage" or "frame damage".
In this chapter, the airworthiness requirements for these repairs and joints, and the criticality of airframe structure and damage are first summarized.
However, the salt normally used to clear roads can damage the airframe of aircraft and interferes with the sensitive navigation equipment.
A weak link is often fitted to the rope to ensure that any sudden loads do not damage the airframe of the tow-plane or the glider.
Planes are built to handle extraordinary encounters with turbulence; even turbulence strong enough to kill people on board is often not enough to approach damaging the airframe.
In most cases, inspections performed during this process do not find any damage, and the airframe is returned to service until the next inspection interval.
On 8 May 2003, Dan Graves of Oviedo, Florida, a DC-8 first officer for Airborne Express, testified before the House subcommittee on aviation that the Israelis have had a number of incidents where terrorists have discharged small arms in the cabins of their aircraft without causing catastrophic damage to the airframe.
SUAVs offer some advantages over manned aircraft: being small and unmanned, they are relatively inexpensive to manufacture; and they will cause less damage to the airframe and the ground if they crash.
Insurance firm Chartis, which is holding the online auction, describes the Airbus A320, minus its two engines, as having severe water damage throughout the airframe and impact damage to its underside.
On Sept. 16, 1980, a British Airways Concorde landing at Dulles blew a tire, and "pieces of tire damaged engine and airframe," according to an F.A.A. database.
Description of Damage: Severe water damage throughout airframe.
