What was found
APU TAIL CONE COMPARTMENT DAMAGED FROM WING TIP CONTACT OF AIRCRAFT 6664. TAGGED COCKPIT, DISCONNECTED ELEC SYS COMPONENTS & APU BLEED DUCT SECTION IN PREPARATION FOR TAIL CONE REPLACEMENT. REPLACED TAIL CONE.
- Difficulty date
- September 19, 2011
- Submitted
- October 13, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N459UA
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 1192
- Aircraft time
- 37,769 hours, 15,854 cycles
- Engine
- Iae V2527A5
- System (JASC)
- 5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings
- Part
- Tail Cone
- Condition
- Damaged
- 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.