Service difficulty report · Beam · Airbus A310324

Difficulty date
September 18, 2007
Submitted
September 18, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N807FD
Make and model
Airbus A310324
Aircraft serial
492
Aircraft time
58,324 hours, 12,375 cycles
Part
Beam
Part number
F52181310201
Condition
Corroded
Location
Pax Door
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

FOUND CORROSION ON LONGITUDINAL WEB OF BEAM 3 OF PAX DOOR NR 1 RT, BETWEEN XP=590 AND XP=715MM. REMAINING THICKNESS IS 0,5MM, AS THE NOMINAL THICKNESS IS 2,0MM. AFFECTED AREA IS ABOUT 1600MM X MM. REPAIR PERFORMED BY CUTTING CORRODED AREA. INSTALLING A MACHINED ANGLE DOUBLER ON THE WEB OF BEAM 3 AND A REINFORCING STRIP ON THE INTERNAL FLANGE IAW EA 6-5211-81114 AND RAS/AS/0005/2005 ISSUE A.

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