Service difficulty report · Sealant · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
February 19, 2022
Submitted
February 22, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N649AW
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
803
Aircraft time
77,725 hours, 30,698 cycles
Part
Sealant
Condition
Leaking
Location
Zone 500 - Lh Wi
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
K, O
Precautionary procedure
A, O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: ON TAKE OFF FROM PHX, ATC REPORTED VISUAL VERIFICATION ON SOMETHING LEAKING FROM RIGHT WING, VERIFIED BY SOUTH WEST AIRLINES CREW. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PHX WHERE IT LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE DID NOT FIND ANY LEAKS ON THE RIGHT WING BUT DID FIND FUEL LEAKING FROM THE LEFT WING INBOARD DRY BAY. MAINTENANCE CLEANED AND RESEALED INSIDE LEFT WING AT PANEL LOCATION 540BB AT FORWARD DRY BAY PANEL 540C2 UPPER AND LOWER INBOARD AND OUTBOARD FASTENERS PER SRM 51-76-12. A SATISFACTORY LEAK CHECK WAS ACCOMPLISHED.

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