Service difficulty report · Stiffener · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
June 29, 2018
Submitted
January 11, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N521JB
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1452
Aircraft time
68,335 hours, 24,758 cycles
Part
Stiffener
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, A CRACK WAS FOUND ON LATERAL WINDOW FRAME STIFFENER RT SIDE. REFER TO EC A18-507-01. FUSELAGE/ NOSE FWD FUSELAGE/ RT SIDE/ LATERAL WINDOW FRAME (FR 4)/ UPPER STIFFENER AREA / CRACK DAMAGE - PERMANENT REPAIR (FRAME REPLACEMENT); THIS CATEGORY B PERMANENT REPAIR HAS BEEN APPROVED VIA REF /4/ RDAS AND IS CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR.

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