What was found
AFT FUSELAGE STRINGER JUST BELOW CABIN OUTFLOW VALVE IS CORRODED. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED: REMOVED CORRODED STRINGER. INSTALLED NEW REPLACEMENT STRINGER & REPAIR SPLICE ANGLES. WORK ACP BY STAM.
- Difficulty date
- September 19, 2010
- Submitted
- September 22, 2010
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N409UA
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 462
- Aircraft time
- 56,460 hours, 20,630 cycles
- Engine
- Iae V2527A5
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Stringer
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Fuselage
- 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.