Service difficulty report · Beam · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
September 27, 2015
Submitted
October 1, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N665AW
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1644
Aircraft time
50,485 hours, 18,359 cycles
Part
Beam
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
E
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

LEFT SIDE BOX BEAM UPPER FLANGE AT FRAME 43, Y+1650.0 HAS CRACK FROM FASTENER HOLE TO EDGE OF FLANGE APPROX 1". REPAIRED CRACK DAMAGE IAW EA 254857A & EO 5315Y066 PARA F FIG 5 - 8.

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