What was found
AIRCRAFT IN BASE MAINTENANCE. FOUND L=1.225 IN LENGTH CRACK IN SHEAR PLATE AT FR 69 TO FR 70 AND STR 23R IN PASSENGER CABIN. REPLACED SHEAR PLATE, IAW A321 SRM 51-42-11-801 AND DRAWING D53474180.
- Difficulty date
- December 18, 2020
- Submitted
- January 25, 2021
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N916US
- Make and model
- Airbus A321231
- Aircraft serial
- 6420
- Aircraft time
- 19,963 hours, 7,821 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Shear Plate
- Part number
- D5347112420300
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Zone 200
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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