What was found
AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT, STRINGER 43L CORRODED BETWEEN FR 54 & 55. REMOVED CORROSION & FOUND MATERIAL LOSS OUT OF LIMITS OF SRM. REMOVE STRINGER SECTION FROM FR54 - FR60. FABRICATED & INSTALLED NEW STRINGER SECTION. MAJOR REPAIR
- Difficulty date
- April 14, 2012
- Submitted
- April 20, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N418UA
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 485
- Aircraft time
- 60,301 hours, 22,670 cycles
- Engine
- Iae V2527A5
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Stringer
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Aft Cargo Bay
- 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.