Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A310322

Difficulty date
December 22, 2006
Submitted
December 26, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N454FE
Make and model
Airbus A310322
Aircraft serial
278
Aircraft time
25,075 hours, 11,999 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Misrepaired
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
W
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, FUSELAGE SKIN RT SIDE HAS EXTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLE BETWEEN FR 54.1 TO 54.2, BETWEEN STR 38 RT TO STR 40 RT, MEASURES 6.3" BY 6.2" PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED REPAIR LOCATED AT RT SIDE FUSELAGE SKIN BETWEEN FRAMES 54.1- 54.2 STRINGERS 38 TO 40 RT DETERMINED NOT TO BE IAW FEDEX EA 6-5330-41795 DUE TO INCORRECT MATERIAL THICKNESS OF REPAIR DOUBLER, BASED ON VISUAL EVALUATION WITH THE REPAIR INSTALLED, VISUAL EVAL CONSIST OF CORRECT LOCATION, SHAPE, SIZE, FASTENER SPACING, AND EDGE MARGIN, FASTENER TYPE AND NUMBER, MAT THICKNESS, MAT TYPE AND GENERAL WORKMANSHIP OF PREVIOUS INSTALLATION. REMOVED EXISTING REPAIR AND REPAIRED FUSELAGE SKIN PER FED EX EA 6-5330-106290. MAJOR REPAIR IAW FED EX GMM 6-2-100.

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