Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
April 5, 2014
Submitted
April 8, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N481UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1559
Aircraft time
40,416 hours, 17,557 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 SURFACE HAS A WATER INGRESS INDICATION AT 67 INCHES FROM INBD END & 5 INCHES FROM TE 3 INCH DIAMETER. DRILLED WITNESS HOLES, NO EVIDENCE OF WATER. APPLIED REPAIR IAW TC 4R5517310 PAR 3.5 & 3.6 & SRM 51-75-12 PAR 3 P3. LT ELEVATOR REPAIRED IAW SRM 55-21-11 REPAIR 5B PAR 2A2 PG 217.

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