Service difficulty report · Flange · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
October 12, 2022
Submitted
October 12, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N431UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
571
Aircraft time
78,372 hours, 30,345 cycles
Part
Flange
Part number
NA
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fr.68 Str.22r
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

CRACK INDICATION FOUND ON WEB HORIZONTAL FLANGE RADII LOWER POSITION OF FR.68 STR.22R L=0.787 INCH APPROX. SEE AEROMAN NON ROUTINE 2022-359838 22 PER PART 2A OF THE LATEST REVISION EC/RA 5341-01339 ON OR INSPECTION ON THE FASTENER HOLE AND EXTERNAL SURFACES OF THE (FC) GENERATED ANOTHER DTA DIP LOG PAGE REFERENCING THE ONE FOR THE EC/RA 5341-01339 PART 2B INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS. AREA. CRACK INDICATION NOT FOUND BEFORE THE A/C REACHES 50,045 TOTAL AIRCRAFT (FC) PERFORM FRAME WEB/REPAIR PART AT THE FR 68 STR 22.REPAIR ALONG WITH GENERATED IN STEP 3.FOR THE REPAIR ACCOMPLISH ON FR 68 ALONG ACCOMPLISH A HFEC ASPER NTM 51-10-08 IN THE AREAS MARKED IN BLUE REPEAT INSPECTION NOT TO EXCEED INTERVALS OF 19,700(FC) THE RE- DOOR STOP 1 TO 7 HOLES PER PART 2B OF THE LATE REVISION OF WITH DOOR STOP 1 TO 7 HOLES PLANING TO CONTACT ENGINEERING AFTER SHOW IN APPENIX A FIGURE 5. PERFORMED ROTOTEST INPECTION AS PER AFTER GENERATE A DTA DIP LOGPAGE TO ACCOMPLISH INITIAL EC/RA 5341-01339 ON OR BEFORE THE A/C REACHES 68,245 TOTAL A/C A/C REACHES 62,245 TOTAL A/C (FC) BUT BEFORE 67,245 TOTAL (FC) NTM 51-10-01 ON OPEN FASTENERS HOLE INVOLVED IN THE REPAIR PERFORMED INTERIM REPAIR LOC. FR 68 RH STR 22 WEB STIFFENER AND DOOR STOP FITTING 1 TO 7 HOLES.THIS REPAIR IS CATEGORY B IAW EC/RA 5341-01339 AND EA 53-0374-22 GENERATE A DIP LOGPAGE TO ACCOMPLISH INITIAL INSPECTION ON FRAME REPAIR AT FR 68 STR ADD EMP:V939831

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