Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
April 4, 2020
Submitted
April 8, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N587JB
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
2177
Aircraft time
63,535 hours, 22,787 cycles
Part
Skin
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 HEAVY MAINTENANCE, CORROSION ON INTERNAL SKIN FOUND BETWEEN FR12 AND FR13 BETWEEN STRG32 AND STRG36RH, AFFECTING THE DOOR DOUBLER (SEE REF /1/ EA). CORROSION AT BEAM ON STGR 36 HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED AND MUST BE REPLACED; CORROSION WAS REMOVED BY BLENDING AND THE MINIMUM REMAINING THICKNESS AFTER CORROSION REMOVAL WAS FOUND OUT OF THE SRM SCOPE. AIRBUS WAS CONTACTED FOR ASSESSMENT AND PROVIDED REPAIR INSTRUCTIONS BY MEANS OF REF /2/ RDAS. THIS EC A20-310-01 PROVIDES PERMANENT REPAIR INSTRUCTIONS. EC A20-310-02 TRACKS POST-REPAIR INSTRUCTIONS VIA DVI EVERY THREE YEARS. AIRBUS APPROVED THIS REPAIR PER REF /2/ RDAS AND IS CLASSIFIED AS CATEGORY 'B' MAJOR.

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