Service difficulty report · Spar · Airbus A320214

Difficulty date
February 19, 2013
Submitted
March 8, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N636VA
Make and model
Airbus A320214
Aircraft serial
3460
Aircraft time
18,703 hours, 5,571 cycles
Part
Spar
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt 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

DURING THIS INSPECTION, CRACKING WAS FOUND ON THE INBD SIDE OF THE RT PYLON AFT FIXED FAIRING UPPER SPAR. SPECIFICALLY, THE INBD FLANGE OF THE AFT FIXED FAIRING UPPER SPAR WAS FOUND CRACKED AT RIB 11, DEFINED AS AREA 3 IN FIG 202 MFG REPAIR INSTRUCTION R54512052. ALSO, THE AFT FIXED FAIRING UPPER SPAR PLATE WAS FOUND CRACKED ON THE INBD SIDE BETWEEN RIBS 14 AND 15. ON THE UPPER SPAR PLATE, THE CRACK HAS EXTENDED THROUGH AREA 1 AND HAS PROPAGATED INTO AREA 2 AS DEFINED IN FIG 201 OF MFG INSTRUCTIONS. THE RT PYLON AFT FIXED FAIRING UPPER SPAR INBD FLANGE AT RIB 11 WAS REPAIRED IAW MFG R54512052, REPAIR PRINCIPLE 2, TC 5454.000001. RT. REPAIR 2, VIA TECH DISPOSITION TD-J2-S2-03170-2013, ISSUE B, DATED FEB 22, 2013.

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