Service difficulty report · Seal · Airbus A319131

Difficulty date
January 30, 2023
Submitted
January 31, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N818UA
Make and model
Airbus A319131
Aircraft serial
882
Aircraft time
74,085 hours, 31,801 cycles
Part
Seal
Condition
Cracked
Location
Thrust Reverser
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

PDA 2 #1 ENG INBD T-R TO PYLON FLEX SEAL CRACKED & PARTIALLY MISSING .... SECOND FROM AFT IS PARTIALLY MISSING AND THIRD FROM AFT IS CRACKED -- SEE PHOTO APPLIED. PER STEP 3 ISSUE DIP TO INSPECT PER PART 2A EZCH FLIGHT CYCLE AND PERMENANT REPAIR PER PART 3 WITHIN 50 FLIGHT HOURS REF ECRA 5450-02357 . PREFORMED PART 1D OF ECRA FOR SPEED TAPE MISSING SECTION - CATEGORY ''C'' REPAIR. 3 LAYERS OF SPEED TAPE TOMC APPROVES THE 54-DIP FOR THE #1 ENG INBD T-R TO PYLON FLEX TOMC-APPROVAL FROM SC1ELBYC COMMENT SEAL CRACKED & PARTIALLY MISSING. PER THE ECRA 5450-02357 MX COMPLETED INTERIM REPAIR PER PART 1D APPLYING SPEED TAPE TO MISSING SECTION AND CRACKED SEAL AS DIRECTED. REQUIRES INSPECTION EACH FLIGHT PER STEP 3. OF REPAIR 1D AND PERMANENT REPAIR WITHIN 50 FLT HOURS. PHOTO ADDED ITEMS 90 AND 110 AS SHOWN IN FIG 3 OF ECRA 5450-02357 REV-B.

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