Service difficulty report · Waste Tank · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
October 27, 2024
Submitted
October 30, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N435UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
613
Aircraft time
84,614 hours, 33,447 cycles
Part
Waste Tank
Condition
Leaking
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

REF LP 9680021 , WASTE WATER LEAKED FROM AFT WASTE TANK LEVEL TRANSMITTER BEHIND AFT BULKHEAD, DOWN AND ALONG BELLY SKIN GOING FOWARD BELOW AFT PIT FLOOR , AND COMING OUT FROM FWD DRAIN OF AFT CARGO PIT. LEAK WAS RPRD, NEED TO ACP IN-DEPTH CLEAN UP OF SPILL AND INSPECT PER ECRA 2011-0100 PG. 6 ITEM 2B. INSPECTED WIRE BUNDLES AND ATTACHMENT: BUNDLES ARE ABOVE WATER/ WASTE CONTAMINATION AND BILGE AREA DRAINS ARE OPEN. REF: ESPM 20-55-20. UPDATED LP TO SDR STATUS TO RECORD SPILL DETAILS , PER ECRA 2011-01000 2 B. (1). ACCOMPLISHED DVI INSPECTION OF OPEN FLOOR BOARD AREA OF AFT CARGO PIT FROM FWD BULK HEAD TO AFT BULK HEAD AND PAST AFT BULKHEAD TO WHERE IT WAS NOTICEABLE THAT WASTEWATER HAD ENCROACHED. NO CORROSION NOTED. REF ECRA 2011-01000. PERFORMED CLEAN UP OF CARGO PIT FLOOR AND ALL OTHER AFFECTED AREAS USING SP8000N AND ODOR NEUTRALIZING SPRAY. IAW ECRA#2011-01000

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