What was found
IBERIA MAINTENANCE HAS RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FROM AN EXTERNAL REPAIR STATION (FAA DLAY225D LUFTHANSA TECHNIK AG (“LHT”) TO INFORM OF AN OCCURRENCE STATING THAT A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS WERE IDENTIFIED WHERE A FINAL, FULL FLUORESCENT PENETRANT INSPECTION (FPI) PROCESS WAS NOT PERFORMED FOLLOWING THE REPAIR PROCESS, BUT INSTEAD A LOCAL FPI WAS PERFORMED. THE AFFECTED COMPONENTS (V2500 DIFFUSER CASES) WERE INITIALLY SUBJECTED TO A FULL FPI PRIOR TO REPAIR. FOLLOWING PERFORMANCE REPAIR-012 “WELD REPAIR THE SURFACE CRACKS AND DAMAGE” AND SB72- 0709. MODIFICATION OF THE DIFFUSER CASE ASSY REAR OUTER FLANGE”, WHICH INCLUDED A FURNACE HEAT TREATMENT PROCESS. FOLLOWING THE REPAIR AND DEVIATING FROM THE ESM, ONLY A LOCAL FPI OF THE REPAIRED AREAS WAS PERFORMED, AND NO FULL-SCOPE FPI OF THE COMPLETE COMPONENT WAS CARRIED OUT. THESE INSPECTIONS AS WELL AS ALL OTHER POST REPAIR INSPECTIONS, SUCH AS X-RAY, WERE CARRIED OUT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ESM AND DID NOT REVEAL ANY FINDINGS.