What was found
APU COMPARTMENT AFT SEAL RETAINER WAS DAMAGED. FORMED THE SEAL RETAINERS IAW DWG A539-89756, REV C&D. REMOVED & REPLACED THE SEAL RETAINER IAW SRM 51-40-21.
- Difficulty date
- September 21, 2018
- Submitted
- October 1, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N145UP
- Make and model
- Airbus A300F4622R
- Aircraft serial
- 0828
- Aircraft time
- 18,263 hours, 11,428 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Retainer
- Part number
- A53989756
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Apu Compartment
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.