What was found
NR 1 ENGINE TAILCONE HAS 4 INCH CRACK AT 12 O`CLOCK POSITION TOWARDS THE END OF CONE. REPLACED THE TAILCONE.
- Difficulty date
- August 2, 2012
- Submitted
- August 24, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N432UA
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 587
- Aircraft time
- 56,649 hours, 21,257 cycles
- Engine
- Iae V2527A5
- System (JASC)
- 7810 · Engine Collector/Tailpipe/Nozzle
- Part
- Tail Cone
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Nr 1 Engine
- 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.