Service difficulty report · Pressure Panel · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
June 25, 2018
Submitted
January 11, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N508JL
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1257
Aircraft time
64,488 hours, 23,697 cycles
Part
Pressure Panel
Condition
Cracked
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

DURING HEAVY MAINTENANCE, SEVERAL CRACKS WERE FOUND. REFER TO EC A18-504-01. FUSELAGE / CENTER FUSELAGE / CENTER WING BOX / FR 35-36 / LT & RT SIDES / PRESSURE PANEL ATTACHMENT HOLES / CRACK DAMAGE - PERMANENT REPAIR; THIS TIME LIMITED REPAIR HAS BEEN APPROVED VIA REF /3/ RDAS, PENDING DTA WITHIN 6 MONTHS, AND IS CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR (AS A DEVIATION FROM THE REF /5/ EC - WHICH IS A CLASSIFIED AS A MAJOR MODIFICATION).

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