Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
March 19, 2011
Submitted
March 25, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N654AW
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1050
Aircraft time
42,847 hours, 16,043 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
D5528000100400
Part serial
CC2151
Condition
Saturated
Location
Elevator
Part time
42,854 hours, 16,045 cycles
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

SAL - S5 - TRAPPED WATER INDICATION ON LEFT ELEVATOR UPPER SKIN SURFACE BETWEEN HORIZ STAB STA 527 TO STA 589 APPROX 5 INCHES FROM TRAILING EDGE & BETWEEN RIB 12 TO RIB 13. REPAIRED LEFT ELEVATOR UPPER SKIN IAW A320 SRM 55-21-11 & 51-77-13.

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