Service difficulty report · Pressure Panel · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
June 29, 2018
Submitted
January 14, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N521JB
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1452
Aircraft time
68,335 hours, 24,758 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 AT SUBJECT LOCATION. REFER TO EC A18-517-01. 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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