What was found
AIRCRAFT IN BASE MAINTENANCE. CRACK IN SHEAR PLATE BETWEEN FR 69 AND FR 70 AT STR 23R, MEASURING L=0.992 IN. REPLACED SHEAR PLATE WITH NEW, IAW A321 SRM 51-72-11-911-001 AND DRAWING D53474180.
- Difficulty date
- October 5, 2020
- Submitted
- October 15, 2020
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N127AA
- Make and model
- Airbus A321231
- Aircraft serial
- 6334
- Aircraft time
- 20,237 hours, 5,643 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Shear Plate
- Part number
- D53471124203
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Frames 69-70
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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