Service difficulty report · Plate · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
August 28, 2018
Submitted
January 14, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N712JB
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
3517
Aircraft time
42,114 hours, 14,552 cycles
Part
Plate
Condition
Broken
Location
Lt Wing
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 236, STI-JFK. ON 08/28/2018 AT JFK, WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING A HYDRAULIC LEAK COMING FROM THE LT WING TRAILING EDGE AFT OF THE PYLON, THE GREEN MAIN HYDRAULIC POWER PIPE INSTALLATION BULKHEAD CONNECTOR (REF. IPC 29-11-05-3D ITEM) WAS FOUND SEPARATED FROM THE LOWER WING SKIN PANEL 3 MOUNTING PLATE. THE CONNECTOR IS ATTACHED TO A MOUNTING PLATE WITH TWO BOLTS, WITH THE MOUNTING PLATE ATTACHED TO THE LOWER WING SKIN PANEL 3 SECTION THAT EXTENDS AFT OF THE REAR SPAR IN THE AREA OF THE FALSE REAR SPAR BETWEEN RIBS 7 AND 8. THE AREA OF THE CONNECTOR ATTACHMENT ON THE MOUNTING PLATE WAS FOUND BROKEN AWAY, ENLARGING THE ORIGINAL HOLE IN THE PLATE THAT SURROUNDED THE HYDRAULIC PIPE PASS-THRU, INDICATING THAT THE BOLTS ATTACHING THE CONNECTOR TO THE DOUBLER MUST HAVE TORN AWAY THE MATERIAL OF THE DOUBLER THAT THEY WERE ATTACHED TO. PREVIOUSLY WE HAD A SIMILAR ISSUE PER REF/4/, CONTACT AND PROVIDED REF/1/ TEMPORARILY, HOWEVER OPTED TO MX FERRY THE AIRCRAFT FOR THE PERMANENT REPAIR AT MRO. SINCE THIS AC IS DUE AT HEAVY CHECK IN 150FC, WE WILL ACCOMPLISH REPAIR PER REF/3/ WITH WEEKLY RE-INSPECTION OF THE DOUBLER. PERMANENT REPAIR WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED WITHIN 150FC. MX WILL GENERATE A MDDR PER GMM TO TRACK THE WEEKLY RE-INSPECTION. EC A18-680-01 IS THE TEMPORARY DOUBLER REPAIR PER REF/1/. EC A18-680-02 IS TO ACCOMPLISH THE PERMANENT REPAIR PER SRM 57-21-11-300-005 WITHIN 150FC; THIS PERMANENT REPAIR IS AS PER REF /2/ SRM.

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