Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
April 6, 2014
Submitted
April 8, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N444UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
824
Aircraft time
52,939 hours, 21,462 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Skin
Condition
Saturated
Location
Lt Elevator
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

LEFT ELEVATOR UPPER SKIN PANEL HAS TRAPPED WATER INDICATION 145 INCHES FROM INBD END & 14 INCHES FROM TE, 1 INCH DIAMETER. REPAIRED LT ELEVATOR UPPER SKIN AT AREA NOTED. DRILLED WITNESS HOLES & FOUND WATER. CUT OUT & REMOVED WATER, APPLIED REPAIR & RESTORED FINISH IAW TC 4R5517310 PAR 3.5 & 3.6, SRM 55-21-11 RPR 5B PAR 2AB2 P215-217, 51-77-13 RPR 2A2 PG 9, 10 & 51-75-12 PA 3, PG3 RPR 5. UPPER ELEVATOR REPAIR AS NOTED ABOVE.

More about the Airbus A320-232