Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A319131

Difficulty date
April 3, 2015
Submitted
April 7, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N820UA
Make and model
Airbus A319131
Aircraft serial
898
Aircraft time
55,194 hours, 22,272 cycles
Engine
Iae V2522A5
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 97" FROM INBD, 6" FROM TE 1"X 2" DIAMETER. CUT OUT AREA OF TRAPPED WATER IN ZONE 3 & APPLIED REPAIR & RESTORED FINISH IAW SRM 55-21-11 PAR 5E CONFIG 1, SRI 55-21-1 1-2-002-00 TABLE 3 REQUIRED 1ST INSP AFTER COMPONENT DELIVERY AT 48000C OR 60000T.

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