Service difficulty report · Thrust Reverser · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
November 14, 2025
Submitted
November 14, 2025
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
MSN7714
Part
Thrust Reverser
Part number
7450002515
Part serial
13155001
Condition
Damaged
Location
Zone 400
Part time
12,248 cycles
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

REPAIR DONE NOT CONFORM : NON-CONFORMANCE FOUND ON THRUST REVERSER LH ASSY (ENGINE RH) - P/N 745-0002-515. A PERMANENT REPAIR OF THE AFT OUTER SKIN TRANSLATING SLEEVE HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH VUELING REPAIR PROCEDURE NR 62929605, DEVELOPED ON THE BASIS OF REPAIR DOSSIER CV24-14219. REQUESTED REPAIR SOLUTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SRM 54-30-00, REPAIR 046: REMOVAL OF THE DEFORMED AREA, RESIN INJECTION, DRILLING, AND INSTALLATION OF A DOUBLER. MRO SHOP REMOVED THE DOUBLER ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REPAIR AFTER THE SLEEVE UNDERWENT AUTOCLAVE PROCESSING AS PART OF THE FHA OVERHAUL. THE REPAIR-SIDE SURFACE OF THE DOUBLER HAD NOT BEEN PROTECTED, AND THE SKIN CUT-OUT WAS NOT PERFORMED. DEFECTS WERE MERELY SCRAPED USING A SANDING BLOCK, AND THE DOUBLER WAS INSTALLED DIRECTLY ONTO THE SKIN. IMPLEMENTATION OF SRM 54-30-00, REPAIR 46 BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH RESIN INJECTION ON THE ALODINED DOUBLER.

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