What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS IN BASE MAINTENANCE. CRACK INDICATION ON AFT CABIN LEFT LATERAL SHEAR PLATE AT FUSELAGE FRAME 69+4, STRINGER 23L, Y1732. REMOVED AND REPLACED SHEAR PLATE PER SRM 51-72-11 AND DRAWING D53474180.
- Difficulty date
- October 2, 2017
- Submitted
- October 22, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N973UY
- Make and model
- Airbus A321231
- Aircraft serial
- 4893
- Aircraft time
- 21,479 hours, 7,987 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Shear Plate
- Part number
- D5347112420200
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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