Service difficulty report · Stringer · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
November 3, 2018
Submitted
January 15, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N712JB
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
3517
Aircraft time
42,444 hours, 14,681 cycles
Part
Stringer
Condition
Corroded
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 C6 CHECK AT (SAL), CORROSION WAS FOUND ON STRINGER 38L BTWN FR 53-64 AND STRINGER 37L BTWN FR 60-64 AT THE AFT FUSELAGE. SEE THE REF /1/ EA FOR MORE DETAILS. EVALUATED THE DAMAGE AGAINST SRM 53-41-13 AND THERE IS NO ALLOWABLE NOR APPLICABLE REPAIR FOR THIS TYPE OF DAMAGE. IN ADDITION, THE REF /4/ SRM REPAIR WAS REVIEWED BUT FOUND NOT APPLICABLE DUE TO THE MATERIAL OF THE STRINGER. REPORTED THE DAMAGE FOR REPAIR DISPOSITION. PROVIDED REF/2/ RDAS WITH PERMANENT REPAIR INSTRUCTIONS CONTAINED IN REF /3/ TD WHICH CONSISTS OF PERFORMING DVI, HFEC & ROTO TEST INSPECTION, SPLICE REPAIR, INSTALL REPAIR FASTENERS, AND RESTORE SURFACE FINISH PER SRM. THIS EC A18-880-01 ACCOMPLISHES THE PERMANENT REPAIR PER THE REF /1/ EA AND COMPLIES WITH REF /2/ RDAS WITHOUT DEVIATION; THIS PERMANENT, CATEGORY A REPAIR HAS BEEN APPROVED VIA REF /2/ RDAS AND IS CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR.

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