Service difficulty report · Panel · Airbus A310324

Difficulty date
September 21, 2007
Submitted
September 21, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N803FD
Make and model
Airbus A310324
Aircraft serial
378
Aircraft time
36,308 hours, 12,035 cycles
Part
Panel
Part number
A55470131006
Part serial
376
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 300
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

TWO CRACKS AT LEADING EDGE ACCESS PANEL NR 2 OF RUDDER INNER SKIN, HONEYCOMP CORE AND OUTER SKIN CRACKED AT ACCESS HOLE EDGES, MAX CRACK LENGTH = 75MM. REPAIR PERFORMED BY WET-LAY-UP REPAIR AS PER TD/K4/S1/19611/2005/A, APPROVED BY EA 6-5542-82890 AND RAS/DAHAM/4019611/2005 ISSUE A.

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