What was found
TRAPPED WATER INDICATION ON THE LT ELEVATOR UPPER SKIN HONECOMB CORE CELLS BETWEEN RIBS 1 AND 10, BETWEEN 8.3 INCHES AND 27 INCHES FROM TRAILING EDGE. REPLACED THE ELEVATOR.
- Difficulty date
- August 25, 2017
- Submitted
- September 26, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N117UW
- Make and model
- Airbus A320214
- Aircraft serial
- 1224
- Aircraft time
- 52,390 hours, 24,759 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5522 · Elevator, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Contaminated
- Location
- Left
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- T
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.