What was found
AT EXPANSION JOINT AFT OF FRAME 46, TWO BOLTS FOUND SHEARED. TWO SHEARED BOLTS AND OTHER FOUR REPLACED, STRUCTURE VISUALLY INSPECTED AND NDT-ED, NO CRACKS, NO OTHER DISCREPANCIES. ACP ON SMB W-U K7278F. ENTRY CREATED FOR HISTORY.
- Difficulty date
- April 27, 2010
- Submitted
- April 28, 2010
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N470UA
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 1427
- Aircraft time
- 29,867 hours, 12,991 cycles
- Engine
- Iae V2527A5
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Bolt
- Condition
- Sheared
- 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.