What was found
CORROSION ON S43L AFT FRAME 31 IN FWD PIT. EVALUATED CORROSION AND FOUND IT OUT OF LIMITS OF SRM. REMOVED DAMAGED SECTION & FAB AND INSTALLED NEW SECTION & REPAIR SPLICES FROM FR 30 TO FR 31. THIS REPAIR VALID UNTIL 31DEC 2013 ONLY.
- Difficulty date
- January 26, 2011
- Submitted
- February 4, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N416UA
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 479
- Aircraft time
- 57,302 hours, 21,152 cycles
- Engine
- Iae V2527A5
- System (JASC)
- 5311 · Fuselage Main, Frame
- Part
- Frame
- 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.