What was found
TRAPPED WATER INDICATED ON THE RUDDER SHELL ASSEMBLY, LOCATED BETWEEN RS 463 AND 576 AND HINGE BEARING 4 AND 5. REPAIRED THE RUDDER SKIN IAW EA 276924.
- Difficulty date
- January 15, 2018
- Submitted
- February 21, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N276AY
- Make and model
- Airbus A330323
- Aircraft serial
- 375
- Aircraft time
- 76,678 hours, 10,836 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5542 · Rudder, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Contaminated
- Location
- Rudder
- Part time
- 76,678 hours, 10,836 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.