What was found
THE 3 FASTENER HOLES OF THE SIDE BOX BEAM, UPPER FLANGE AT FRAME 43 LT, FOUND HOLE B & C CRACKED. CRACKS ARE AT 6 O'CLOCK POSITION AT BOTH HOLES, HOLE DIAMETER IS .248". REPAIR IAW ECRA 5331-01704.
- Difficulty date
- June 11, 2015
- Submitted
- June 15, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N454UA
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 1104
- Aircraft time
- 54,261 hours, 20,946 cycles
- Engine
- Iae V2527A5
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Beam
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- 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.