What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: RUDDER LOWER TRAILING EDGE APEX HAS 10 INCHES OF COMPOSITE AND SHEETMETAL DAMAGE (CRACKS, SPLITTING SEPARATION AND CORROSION). REPAIRED RUDDER PER EA 326684 REV B.
- Difficulty date
- March 31, 2021
- Submitted
- April 4, 2021
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N108UW
- Make and model
- Airbus A320214
- Aircraft serial
- 1061
- Aircraft time
- 62,566 hours, 30,372 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5542 · Rudder, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Part number
- D554710020000000
- Part serial
- TS2430
- Condition
- Separated
- Location
- Rudder
- 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.