Service difficulty report · Seal · Airbus A319115

Difficulty date
March 22, 2026
Submitted
June 22, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N9015D
Make and model
Airbus A319115
Aircraft serial
5327
Aircraft time
33,441 hours, 16,091 cycles
Part
Seal
Condition
Missing
Location
Zone 100
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO DFW DUE TO THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTING THAT ON CLIMB OUT A LOUD CONTINUOUS POPPING SOUND HEARD IN CABIN RIGHT SIDE OF AIRCRAFT NEAR WHEEL WELL AREA. SOUND RESEMBLED POPCORN POPPING. CHECKING PRESSURIZATION PAGE WE WERE AT MAX DELTA P 8.1 PSI AT FL350. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT DFW AND TAXIED TO THE GATE UNDER ITS OWN POWER. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE UPPER RT WING TO BODY FAIRING SEAL MISSING WHICH WAS CAUSING THE POPPING SOUND REPORTED BY THE FLIGHT CREW. REPLACED THE RIGHT WING TO BODY UPPER PANEL (192DT) SEAL PER AMM 53-35-11-400-001-A.

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