What was found
COUPLING ON LAV TANK DUMP TUBE FOUND CORRODED. EXPANDED BROKEN AND FLUID LEAKING FROM SAME. REPLACED O-RINGS AND COUPLINGS, LEAK CHECKS OKAY.
- Difficulty date
- June 6, 2011
- Submitted
- June 15, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N402UA
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 439
- Aircraft time
- 57,471 hours, 21,666 cycles
- Engine
- Iae V2527A5
- System (JASC)
- 3830 · Waste Disposal System
- Part
- Coupling
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Lav Dump
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- K
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.