Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
January 3, 2018
Submitted
January 16, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N661AW
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1284
Aircraft time
61,442 hours, 23,199 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
D5528000301700
Part serial
2304
Condition
Saturated
Location
Rt Elevator
Part time
50,874 hours, 21,937 cycles
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.

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS IN BASE MAINTENANCE. TRAPPED WATER INDICATION ON ELEVATOR HONEYCOMB CORE STRUCTURE UPPER PANEL IN MULTIPLE AREAS BETWEEN 17 INCHES OUTBOARD AND 8.7 INCHES INBOARD OF THE LIGHTNING STRIP 1, AND BETWEEN 3.5 AND 3.7 INCHES FROM THE TRAILING EDGE. REPLACED RT ELEVATOR PER J/C 26L30027001.

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