Service difficulty report · Frame · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
June 27, 2022
Submitted
June 28, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N640JB
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
02832
Aircraft time
60,572 hours, 21,402 cycles
Part
Frame
Condition
Cracked
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 CRACK INDICATIONS WERE FOUND ON FWD INNER FRAME SEGMENT (1)LOC. EMERG EXIT DOOR 834. CRACK LENGTH 0.300 INCH AND LOCATED AT SIXTH FASTENER FROM UPPER SIDE, CRACK LENGTH 0.335 INCH LOC AT FOURTEENTH FASTENER L= 0.250" LOC AT FIFTEENTH FASTENER CRACK L= 0.370 INCH AT SIXTEENTH FASTENER CRACK L= 0.280" AT SEVENTEENTH FASTENER FROM UPPER SIDE; ACCOMPLISHED EC# A320-52-1144-03 ON EMERG EXIT DOOR 834 FOR REPLACEMENT OF FRAME REINFORCE DOOR STRUCTURE. (WO#1175016) AEROMAN RII QC220AE -MAJOR REPAIR REF AEROMAN WO# 2022-167/1 WCC#2022-351255 FOR ORIGINAL FINDING.

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