Service difficulty report · Frame · Airbus A319131

Difficulty date
August 13, 2026
Submitted
August 27, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N839UA
Make and model
Airbus A319131
Aircraft serial
1507
Aircraft time
73,444 hours, 33,072 cycles
Engine
Iae V2522A5
Part
Frame
Part number
DS31124240000
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fr 16
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
E
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

LEFT FRAME 16, HOLE NR 4 REPAIRED ON NR 3576/9290576. LT FRAME 16 HOLE NR 4 REPAIRED IAW 53-11-12-300-012. CRACK WAS FOUND DURING THE ISBS REF FIG 1 SHT 1 STEP 2. CRACK FOUND IN FRAME LAYER PER FIG 002 REF FIG 1 SHT 1 STEP 3. CRACK WAS FOUND WITHIN CONCERNED LAYER PER FIG 003 REF FIG 1 SHT 1 STEP 4. HOLE 4 WAS FOUND AT ORIGINAL NOMINAL DIAMETER OF .3110 IAW FIG 004 REF FIG 1 SHT 1 STEP 5. DAMAGE FOUND AT LH FR16 HOLE 4 REF FIG 1 SHT 1 S TEP 7. FIRST OVERSIZED HOLE TO A DIAMETER OF .3270, DEFECT STILL NOTED. 2ND OVERSIZED HOLE 4 TO A DIAMETER OF .3420 REF FIG 1 SHT 1 STEP 9. PERFORMED ROTO PROBE INSP, HOLE 4 FOUND DEFECT FREE AT A DIAMETER OF .3420 REF FIG 1 SHT 2 STEP 12-13. ASSOCIATED HOLE AS HOLE 3, HOLE FOUND TO HAVE A NOMINAL DIAMETER OF .2500, NOT OVERSIZED REF FIG 1 SHT 2 STEP 21-22. HOLE 4 IDENTIFIED AS LEADER HOLE, AND HOLE 3 IDENTIFIED AS ASSOC IATED HOLE REF FIG 1 SHT 2 STEP 24.

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