Service difficulty report · Spar · Airbus A310222

Difficulty date
November 19, 2006
Submitted
November 20, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N449FE
Make and model
Airbus A310222
Aircraft serial
217
Aircraft time
38,388 hours, 27,603 cycles
Part
Spar
Condition
Misrepaired
Location
Horizontal Stab
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

PREVIOUS REPAIR, RT REAR UPPER SPAR CHORD HAS A STRAP REPAIR 13.5" LONG BETWEEN RIB 21 TO THE END OF THE SPAR CHORD. PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED REPAIR LOCATED AT RT THS REAR THS REAR UPPER SPAR CHORD BETWEEN RIB 21 TO O/B END OF SPAR CHORD WAS DETERMINED NOT TO BE IAW A310 SRM 55-11-21 FIG 212. INCORRECT AMOUNT OF HILOCKS BETWEEN EACH NUTPLATE BASED ON A VISUAL EVALUATION. THE REPAIR INSTALLED, VISUAL EVALUATION CONSISTED OF CORRECT LOCATION SHAPE SIZE FASTENER SPACING EDGE MARGIN FASTENER TYPE AND NUMBER MATERIAL THICKNESS MATERIAL TYPE GENERAL WORKMASHIP OF PREVIOUS INSTALLATION DRILLED AND INSTALLED ADDITIONAL HILOCK HOLES 4EA BETWEEN NUTPLATES TO CORRECT THE REPAIR PER A310SRM 55-11-21 FIG 212.

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