SDR 08FDEA00085

Service difficulty report · Stringer · Airbus A310203

Difficulty date: January 10, 2008
Submitted: January 10, 2008
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N404FE
Make and model: Airbus A310203
Aircraft serial: 233
Aircraft time: 33,499 hours, 28,336 cycles
System (JASC): 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
Part: Stringer
Condition: Failed
Location: Zone 100
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 STRINGER REPAIR LOCATED IN AFT CARGO ON STRINGER 54 RT BETWEEN FRAMES 55/58 TO 60 HAS 1 REPAIR SECTION MEASURING 29" LONG AND 1 REPAIR SPLICE MEASURING 7.9" LONG. REPAIR NOT IAW SRM REQUIREMENTS. REMOVED PREVIOUS REPAIR AND INSTALLED CORRECT STRINGER REPAIR IAW A310 SRM 53-10-14, FIG 201. THIS IS AN AIRBUS REPAIR WITH NO ASSIGNED PART NUMBER AND IS A RESULT OF AGING AIRCRAFT INSPECTION.

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