What was found
LEFT SIDE BOX BEAM, UPPER FLANGE AT FRAME 43, HAS CRACK INDICATION AT AFT HOLE NR 9, FWD & AFT SIDES OF HOLE, 6 O'CLOCK & 12 O'CLOCK, FROM TOP SURFACE OF FLANGE TO A DEPTH OF .230". REPAIRED ON EA 5331-01704 OPS 3 - 12.
- Difficulty date
- September 15, 2015
- Submitted
- September 16, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N409UA
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 462
- Aircraft time
- 71,561 hours, 26,570 cycles
- Engine
- Iae V2527A5
- System (JASC)
- 5310 · Fuselage Main, Structure
- Part
- Beam
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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