Service difficulty report · Stringer · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
October 29, 2021
Submitted
November 1, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N494UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1840
Aircraft time
58,762 hours, 25,616 cycles
Part
Stringer
Part number
A53986212
Condition
Corroded
Location
Str38
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

AFT CARGO FLOOR SLANT CORROSION (A3NB-53-4-6179) SEQ#549 DURING CLEANING OF AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT, SUSPECTED CORROSION WAS FOUND ON R/H STRINGER 38 FLOOR SLANT PANEL FROM FRAME 58 TO FRAME 59. FURTHER EVALUATION REQUIRED AS NOTED ON LTPR NR# 5001103184-0020. STRINGER REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED AND DOES NOT REQUIRE FURTHER INSPECTION IAW ECRA 5311-02679. ACCOMPLISHED BY LHT BQN SPLICE REPAIR AT STRG38 BTW FR58-59 IS REQUIRE IAW EO A320-53-11 STRINGER SPLICE REPAIR AT STRG38 BTW FR58-59 DONT REQUIRE 102-00-FINAL STRINGER SPLICE REPAIR AT STRG38 BTW FR58-59 INSPECTION THRESHOLD IAW EC/RA 5311-02679. UPDATE ONLY TO ADD PERFORMED IAW EO A320-53-11102-00-FINAL AND COVERED BY EC/RA MORE REPAIR INFORMATION. WORK ACCOMPLISHED BY 5H0253 AND 5311-02679. STRINGER SPLICE REPAIR AT STRG38 BTW FR58-59 INSPECTED BY 5H0039. RECORDED AT UAL LOGBOOK #7307873 AND IS CONSIDER A MAYOR REPAIR. CORROSION FOUND AT STRG38 BTW FR58-59 RH. REMOVAL OF CORROSION AT STRG38 BTW FR58-59 RH PERFORMED AS PER SRM 51-74-00 REV 138. MEASUREMENT: L=190.00MM, W=20.0MM, D=0.95MM, REMAINIG THIKNESS 0.85MM, NOMINAL TICKNESS 1.8MM, MAX REWORK PERMITTED=0.2 REPAIR OUT OF ADL LIMITS IAW SRM 53-41-12-283-002 REV 138. STRINGER

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