- Difficulty date
- December 29, 2023
- Submitted
- January 4, 2024
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Airbus A319132
- Aircraft serial
- 2435
- Aircraft time
- 52,476 hours, 30,938 cycles
- Part
- Frame
- Part number
- D5358541820201
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Tail Cone
- 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
APU EXHAUST TAIL CONE PANEL MOUNTING STRUCTURE HAS CORROSION. REMOVED AND REPLACEMENT LOWER SECTION FR86 IAW SRM 51-72-11 AND SRM 51-42-11 REMOVED AND RE-INSTALLED APU EXHAUST MUFFLER FOR ACCESS IAW AMM TASKS 49-81-41-000-002-A AND 49-81-41-400-003-A.