Service difficulty report · Stringer · Airbus A319131

Difficulty date
November 11, 2006
Submitted
November 27, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N838UA
Make and model
Airbus A319131
Aircraft serial
1477
Aircraft time
19,794 hours, 7,873 cycles
Engine
Iae V2522A5
Part
Stringer
Condition
Broken
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

APPROX 10 IN X 10 IN PUNCTURE TO RT UPPER LEADING EDGE OF BODY FAIRING PANEL 192AB. UNDERLYING STRINGER BROKEN FROM ADJACENT ATTACH POINT. PANEL 192AB REMOVED, ROUTED AND REPAIRED IN SHOP. FOUND ATTACH BRACKET AT FORWARD LOWER END CRACKED AND BENT AT PANEL 192AT WHERE IT MEETS PANEL 192AB. STOP DRILLED CRACK; STRAIGHTEN BRACKET, MANUFACTURED ANGLE, AND DOUBLER. COMPLETED INSTALLING DOUBLER AND ANGLE.

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