# SDR 2026FA0000291

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: April 24, 2026
- Submitted: April 24, 2026
- Operation: General aviation
- Engine: Iae V2500A1
- System (JASC): [7200 · Engine (Turbine/Turboprop)](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/7200)
- Part: Case
- Part number: 2A289101
- Condition: Unserviceable
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: D
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2026FA0000291

## Discrepancy

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.

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