What was found
AIRCRAFT IN BASE MAINTENANCE. CRACKED COUPLING AT TORSION BOX RUN-OUT FOR DOOR 3 IN PASSENGER CABIN, AT FR 53.5, RIGHT HAND STRINGER 15. REPLACED COUPLING PER SRM 51-72-11 AND DRAWING F53370020.
- Difficulty date
- January 22, 2018
- Submitted
- February 22, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N277AY
- Make and model
- Airbus A330323
- Aircraft serial
- 380
- Aircraft time
- 77,032 hours, 10,896 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Coupling
- Part number
- F53370148201
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.