What was found
WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING AN AIRFRAME VIBRATION ISSUE, THE LEFT ELEVATOR NR 4 HINGE BEARING WAS FOUND TO BE WORN. REPLACED THE ELEVATOR HINGE FITTING IAW AMM 55-16-42. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.
- Difficulty date
- March 12, 2018
- Submitted
- March 13, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N830AW
- Make and model
- Airbus A319132
- Aircraft serial
- 1565
- Aircraft time
- 53,833 hours, 23,634 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5520 · Elevator Structure
- Part
- Bearing
- Part number
- D5598141300400
- Condition
- Worn
- Location
- Elevator Hinge
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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