What was found
FRAME 74 STRINGER 31L & 32L CRACKED AND DAMAGED. FRAME 74 STRINGER 31 LEFT AND 32 LEFT, SHEAR TIE CRACKED AND DAMAGED. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED: REPLACED DAMAGED TIE.
- Difficulty date
- January 26, 2010
- Submitted
- January 27, 2010
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N816UA
- Make and model
- Airbus A319131
- Aircraft serial
- 871
- Aircraft time
- 39,679 hours, 15,385 cycles
- Engine
- Iae V2522A5
- System (JASC)
- 5322 · Fuselage Internal Mounting Structure
- Part
- Shear Tie
- 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.