What was found
LEFT ELEVATOR RIB 10 WAS DAMAGED BY LIGHTNING. REPLACED RIB AND INSTALLED BLIND FASTENERS.
- Difficulty date
- June 4, 2004
- Submitted
- June 15, 2004
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N433UA
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 589
- Aircraft time
- 27,286 hours, 9,668 cycles
- Engine
- Iae V2527A5
- System (JASC)
- 5521 · Elevator, Spar/Rib
- Part
- Rib
- Condition
- Lightning Strike
- Location
- Lt Elevator
- 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.