What was found
AIRCRAFT IN BASE MAINTENANCE: LEFT HAND ELEVATOR UPPER SURFACE SKIN HAS INDICATION OF TRAPPED WATER BETWEEN RIB 8 AND RIB 9 AT 3 INCHES FROM THE TRAILING EDGE. REPAIRED ELEVATOR UPPER SURFACE SKIN PER SRM 55-21-11-300-005.
- Difficulty date
- May 6, 2019
- Submitted
- June 14, 2019
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N178US
- Make and model
- Airbus A321211
- Aircraft serial
- 1519
- Aircraft time
- 61,380 hours, 23,142 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5522 · Elevator, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Contaminated
- Location
- Lt Elevator
- Part time
- 40,674 hours, 22,783 cycles
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.