Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A300*

Difficulty date
February 8, 2008
Submitted
February 8, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N741FD
Make and model
Airbus A300*
Aircraft serial
611
Aircraft time
43,373 hours, 17,587 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Lt Te Flap
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
E
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

CRACKED HOLES FOUND DURING ACCOMPLISHMENT OF EO6-5750-7-5000 AT RIB 7, INNER FLAP LT AND DAMAGED NOSE SKIN JOINT STRIP. REPAIR PERFORMED BY REAM UP UNTIL CRACK REMOVAL AT HOLE ON RIB 7 AND REMOVAL OF CRACK AT NOSE SKIN JOINT STRIP IAW RAS/FOK/015/2008 ISSUE A, APPROVED BY EA6-5752-114874.