Service difficulty report · Fitting · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
May 11, 2018
Submitted
January 11, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N524JB
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1528
Aircraft time
66,801 hours, 24,046 cycles
Part
Fitting
Condition
Damaged
Location
Fuselage
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

FLT 932, HOU-BOS. REFER EC A18-402-02. FUSELAGE / CENTER FUSELAGE / RT MLG DOOR ACTUATOR FITTING ON KEEL BEAM / WEAR DAMAGE– TIME LIMITED REPAIR (PENDING DTA); PROVIDED INSTRUCTIONS (REF. /1/) TO ACCOMPLISH PERMANENT REPAIR BY SPOT FACING THE WEAR MARKS FOUND ON THE FWD HINGE FITTING AS PER REF. /2/ AND REF. /3/. THIS EC HAS BEEN REVISED TO INCORPORATE THE PERMANENT REPAIR AS INSTRUCTED. THIS REPAIR HAS BEEN APPROVED BY VIA THE REF. /2/ TD AND A RDAS WILL BE ISSUED UPON REPAIR COMPLETION. THIS EC HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS "MAJOR" AS PER THE GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED IN GMM. THIS TIME LIMITED REPAIR HAS BEEN APPROVED VIA REF /11/ RDAS, PENDING DTA WITHIN 6 MONTHS, AND IS CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR.

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