- Difficulty date
- March 16, 2007
- Submitted
- March 27, 2007
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 955
- Aircraft time
- 27,592 hours, 10,778 cycles
- Engine
- Iae V2527A5
- Part
- Frame
- Condition
- Cracked
- 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
AFT BULK CARGO COMPT 2ND FRAME FWD OF AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD [F68] APPROX 12 INCHES INBOARD LEFT FUSE FLOORBEAM ATTACH CRACKED. [SUP 06-14-07] MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. CUTOUT DAMAGED FLANGE. HFEC TRIMMED SURFACE. FABRICATED AND HEAT TREATED REPAIR ANGLES. INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS WITH SEALANT.