Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
March 19, 2025
Submitted
March 20, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N766JB
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
03724
Aircraft time
61,218 hours, 21,880 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 600
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: WINGS / RH WING / WING MAIN BOX / RH LOWER SKIN TRAILING EDGE AT RIB 10 / CRACK - PERMANENT REPAIR; REFERENCES: /1/ ETD2025-190-903379 REV / /2/ SRM II 57-10-010 REPAIR 54P DESCRIPTION: ON 3/5/2025, DURING THE LEASE RETURN CHECK FOR N266JB (MSN 054) AT MCN, CRACK FINDINGS WERE REPORTED AFFECTING THE RH WING LOWER SKIN TRAILING EDGE OUTBD OF RIB 10. SEE REF. /1/ ETD FOR DETAILS.THE CRACK IS REPORTED TO MEASURE ~1.45” IN LENGTH. THE DAMAGE WAS EVALUATED AGAINST REF. /2/ SRM AND FOUND TO BE OUT OF REPAIRABLE LIMITS IN AREA 1 DUE TO THE REMAINING MATERIAL "A" BEING LESS THAN 24.8MM. AS A RESULT, EMBRAER WAS CONTACTED FOR DISPOSITION. EMBRAER PROVIDED INSTRUCTIONS TO REMOVE THE CRACKED AREA BY CUT-OUT, AND INSTALL A DOUBLER REPAIR. EMBRAER PROVIDED REF. /1/ ETD PROVIDING APPROVAL FOR THIS PERMANENT REPAIR WITH POST REPAIR DET INSPECTIONS AT TH=INT=7500FC. EC E25-230-01 IS ISSUED TO ACCOMPLISH THE PERMANENT REPAIR IN ACCORDANCE WITH REF. /1/ ETD WITHOUT DEVIATIONS. EC E25-230-01 IS ISSUED TO TRACK THE POST REPAIR INSPECTIONS (METHOD: DET; THRESHOLD=INTERVAL=7500FC) IN ACCORDANCE WITH REF. /1/ ETD. SUBSTANTIATION: THIS PERMANENT REPAIR IS APPROVED VIA REF. /1/ ETD AND IS CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR. (E/C: E25-230-02)

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