Service difficulty report · Hinge Fitting · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
August 21, 2011
Submitted
September 16, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N417UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
483
Aircraft time
57,623 hours, 21,516 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Hinge Fitting
Condition
Faulty
Location
L1 Door
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DOOR 1L PRESSURE LEAK. IN PREPARATION FOR MAINT FERRY, PRESSURIZE THE AIRCRAFT AND ENSURE NO PRESSURIZATION LEAKS FROM DOOR 1L. ACCOMPLISHED PRESSURIZATION OF AIRCRAFT PER MM. NO LEAKS NOTED AT DOOR 1L; RAN AIRCRAFT UP TO 4.5 DPI. REMOVED L1 DOOR, ACP HIDDEN DAMAGE PER MM AND NDT OF SUSPECT AREAS PER NTM. REPLACED UPPER AND LOWER HINGE FITTINGS AND HARDWARE PER SRM ON NR`S V5086H, V5085H, NR B8063Z, B8068Z, V5081H AND B8062Z AND INSPECTED. REINSTALLED DOOR PER MM AND RIG CHECKED ACP'D. NOTICED THAT THE UPPER HINGE BEARING ON DOOR 1L DISTORTED. UPPER BEARING REPLACED WITH FITTING ASSEMBLY. FOUR CRAS WERE WELD REPAIRED ON THE AFT LAV SERVICE PNL AT INNER PAN FILLET AT C-04 VISIT PER UA-EVA-81154A. THERE WAS ONE CRACK ABOVE EACH HINGE AND BELOW EACH LATCH CLIP. ACCOMPLISH DVI OF THE WELDS AT 20 MONTH INTERVALS BEGINNING MARCH 4,2013.

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