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A maintenance technician found that a repair to the elevator of an A319 had not been accomplished in accordance with the approved structural repair manual. He noted several repairs that were not accomplished per specification.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1047520 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201211 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Elevator |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
The previous repair to left elevator had failed. Upon inspection of the repair; I found that the repair was not accomplished in accordance with the approved structural repair manual. I found numerous other repairs on the elevator not accomplished in accordance with the approved structural repair manual. I researched and found that the repairs were for water ingress. I found the honeycomb core was not removed; the core was not closed; and the repairs were too close together.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Maintenance Technician found that a repair to the elevator of an A319 had not been accomplished in accordance with the approved Structural Repair Manual. He noted several repairs that were not accomplished per specification.
Narrative: The previous repair to left elevator had failed. Upon inspection of the repair; I found that the repair was not accomplished in accordance with the approved Structural Repair Manual. I found numerous other repairs on the elevator not accomplished in accordance with the approved Structural Repair Manual. I researched and found that the repairs were for water ingress. I found the honeycomb core was not removed; the core was not closed; and the repairs were too close together.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.