Service difficulty report · Spar · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
September 11, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N416UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
479
Aircraft time
62,334 hours, 23,321 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Spar
Condition
Gouged
Location
Nr 1 Pylon
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.

What was found

NR 1 PYLON AFT FIXED FAIRING HAS DEEP GOUGE ON LOWER SPAR. WELD REPAIRED GOUGE IAW A320 SRM 54-50-00 AND 54-54-11, REPAIR REQUIRES RE-INSPECT AT NEXT C-CHECK PER SRI 54-50-00, TBL 105.

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