Service difficulty report · Intercostal · Airbus A319114

Difficulty date
January 21, 2019
Submitted
January 23, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N334NB
Make and model
Airbus A319114
Aircraft serial
1659
Aircraft time
46,412 hours, 24,159 cycles
Part
Intercostal
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

CRACK INDICATION ON FRAME 16 LT SIDE AT DOOR STOP FITTING 7 OPEN FASTENER HOLES UPPER IB AND LOWER IB AT FWD GALLEY AREA 2 EA. AFTER SEPARATE LAYERS (FRAME AND INTERCOSTEL) PERFORMED ROTOTES INSPECTION AND FOUND CRACK INDICATION ONLY ON INTERCOSTAL TOOL. REPLACED INTERCOSTAL LOC. AT FR.16 AT STOP FITTING NR 7 UPPER POSITION FWD GALLEY AREA AS PER SRM 51-72-11 AND DRAWING D53112300. JOB COMPLETE.

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