Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A319132

Difficulty date
September 27, 2005
Submitted
February 13, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N801AW
Make and model
Airbus A319132
Aircraft serial
889
Aircraft time
25,577 hours, 10,354 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Rt Te Flap
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.

What was found

PHX - DISCOVERED THE RT OUTBOARD FLAP ASSEMBLY, TRAILING EDGE SEPARATING. DAMAGED COMPOSITE HONEYCOMB 7" BY 9". MAINTENANCE REMOVED TOP SKIN AND CORE. ADDITIONAL CORROSION WAS FOUND UNDER UPPER SKIN. REMOVED CORRODED CORE, FINAL DIMENSION OF REMOVED SECTION WAS FROM OUTBOARD EDGE OF FLAP TO 27.5" INBOARD. FABRICATED REPLACEMENT SKIN, CORE AND SPLICE STRAP IAW AMERICA WEST ENGINEERING REPAIR NR 25-5752-05270-RC1. INSTALLED AND BONDED SKIN, CORE AND SPLICE STRAP TO THE RT OUTBOARD FLAP, TRAILING EDGE, IAW AWA ER NR 25-5752-05270-RC1.

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