Service difficulty report · Plate · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
December 3, 2021
Submitted
December 6, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N444UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
824
Aircraft time
73,063 hours, 30,302 cycles
Part
Plate
Part number
D5337239220400
Condition
Cracked
Location
Frame 36
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
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

FRAME 36 PRESSURE PANEL HOLES 102,103,106 AND 120 BETWEEN Y765 A ND Y1292 HAVE CRAC INDICATIONS IN THE PRESSURE PANEL. A3NB-53-4- 6324; AD2019-23-01 PER HAECO LCQ N/R 9297008/31008 GENERATED BY V061633. ECRA 5331-02786 & REO-L23431 REV I & ECRA 5330-05216 OP003. DIP ON OR BEFORE 26-MAY-2022. READS ACCOMPLISH A PERMANENT REPAIR OF THE RH FR35-36 PRESSURE P ANEL HOLES PER PART 3 OF THE LATEST REVISION OF ECRA 5331-02786 HAECO TECHNICIAN V914121 AND QC LC-111 REPAIRED R/H FR36 HOLES,# 103,#26,#106,#23,#120,#9,#122,#7,#123,#6,#124,#5,#127,#2,#129,#1 00,#102,HOLES #23 & #27 FREEZE PLUGS IN PRESSURE PANEL ONLY, IAW ADD EMP:V914121 FRAME 36 PRESSURE PANEL HOLES 122,124, AND 129 BETWEEN -Y1292 AN D -Y1523 HAVE CRACK INDICATIONS IN THE PRESSURE PANEL AND CORNER BRACKET. WORKED IN CONJUNCTION WITH N/R 9297008/31008. OK TO DIP INTERIM REPAIR TO CRACKS AT FASTENERS AT RH CENTER TOMC-APPROVAL FROM SC1ELBYC COMMENT FUSELAGE PRESSURE PANEL AT FR35-FR36 PER ECRA 5331-02786. MUST ACCOMPLISH A PERMANENT REPAIR OF THE RH FR35-36 PRESSURE PANEL HOLES PER PART 3 OF THE LATEST OF THE REVISION OF ECRA 5331-02786 ON OR BEFORE 26-MAY-2022. QC RECORDS UPDATE...SP QC REVIEWED. T/A: 26MAY22...SP/U366013

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