Service difficulty report · Rib · Airbus A300B4622R

Difficulty date
September 3, 2007
Submitted
September 4, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N725FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622R
Aircraft serial
572
Aircraft time
39,174 hours, 19,965 cycles
Part
Rib
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 500
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

CRACK DAMAGE ON LT WING LEADING EDGE CLOSING RIB WOFX-277.9. REPAIR PERFORMED BY TRIMMING OUT THE DAMAGED AREA, LOCALLY MANUFACTURING AND INSTALLING AN INFILL PACKER AND REPAIR ANGLE USING EXISTING AND NEW FASTENER POSITIONS IAW TD/J1/02572/2006 ISSUE A APPROVED BY EA 6-5741-99184 AND RAS/BAEE/1002572/2008 ISSUE A.

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