What was found
NR 1 EXHAUST TAIL CONE HAS A CRACK AT 10 O'CLOCK POSITION APPROX 6 INCHES LONG. FOUND CRACK TO BE 4.5 INCH LONG, STOP DRILLED CRACK.
- Difficulty date
- April 5, 2012
- Submitted
- June 15, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N486UA
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 1620
- Aircraft time
- 34,425 hours, 15,173 cycles
- Engine
- Iae V2527A5
- System (JASC)
- 7810 · Engine Collector/Tailpipe/Nozzle
- Part
- Tail Cone
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Nr 1 Exhaust
- 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.