Service difficulty report · None · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
October 22, 2022
Submitted
October 24, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N432UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
587
Aircraft time
78,919 hours, 30,850 cycles
Part
None
Part number
D5337261322100
Part serial
NA
Condition
None
Location
Lh Fr42
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

ELONGATED HOLES L1, L2, L3, L10, L12, L13, L14, L15, L18, L20, L75, L76,L77, L78, L82, L83, L84 AND L85 LOCATED ON KEEL BEAM AREA AT FR42 LH SIDE. ENGINEERING MUST BE CONTACTED. SEE AEROMAN NON ROUTINE 2022-394202 CATEGORY B. AND MUST BE ACCOMPLISH INSPECTION BEFORE AIRCRAFT REACHES 68,800 TOTAL EC 5341-01342 AFTER AIRCRAFT REACHES REQUIREMENTS TO BE DETERMINED BY ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS OF REPAIRED FASTENERS HOLES ON L/H FLIGHT CYCLES (FLIGHT HOURS NOT RELEVANT) 64,000 TOTAL FLIGHT CYCLES BUT BEFORE BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT REACHES THE NOTED KEEL BEAM AND MLG FITTINGS AS PER PART 2 OF PLANNING TO CONTACT ENGINEERING FOR THE AIRCRAFT REACHES 65,000 TOTAL FLIGHT CYCLES THRESHOLD. PERFORMED SCEPTRE LOGPAGE 9740060 LATEST REVISION OF EC 5341-01342 ON OR INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS OF PART 3 OF (FLIGHT HOURS NOT RELEVANT). INSPECTION ACCOMPLISHED INTERIM REPAIR INSTRUCTION FOR HOLES L3,L10,L75,L76,L77,L78,L82,L83,L84, AND L85. LOC. KEEL BEAM AND MLG DOOR FITTINGS L/H IAW EA#53-0448-22 REVISION 0 AND EC/RA #5341-01342. THIS REPAIR IS ADD EMP:V938967 REQUIREMENTS OF REPAIRED FASTENER HOLES ON LH KEEL BEAM AND MLG ON OR BEFORE AIRCRAFT REACHES 68,800 TFC (FLT HRS NOT RELEVANT). FITTINGS AS PER PART 2 OF THE LATEST REVISION OF ECRA 5341-01342 ACCOMPLISHED INTERIM REPAIR PART 1 PER ECRA 5341-01342 BY V938967. IT REQUIRES DTA DIP TO ACCOMPLISH INSPECTION ADD EMP:V938967 "ACCOMPLISH INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS OF REPAIRED FASTENER HOLES TOMC-APPROVAL FROM SC1ELBYC COMMENT ON LH KEEL BEAM AND MLG FI

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