What was found
AIRCRAFT IN BASE MAINTENANCE: LEFT-HAND MAIN LANDING GEAR DOOR FORWARD HINGE FITTING WAS FOUND CRACKED. REPLACED LEFT-HAND MAIN LANDING GEAR DOOR HINGE FITTING PER EA 357672.
- Difficulty date
- September 8, 2024
- Submitted
- September 9, 2024
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N172US
- Make and model
- Airbus A321211
- Aircraft serial
- 1472
- Aircraft time
- 76,474 hours, 29,463 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5344 · Fuselage, Door Hinge
- Part
- Hinge Fitting
- Part number
- D5337062220400
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Zone 100
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- E
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.