Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A330323

Difficulty date
January 20, 2018
Submitted
March 9, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N277AY
Make and model
Airbus A330323
Aircraft serial
380
Aircraft time
77,032 hours, 10,896 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Lt Elevator
Part time
77,032 hours, 10,896 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

TRAPPED WATER INDICATED ON LEFT ELEVATOR HONEYCOMB CORE STRUCTURE UPPER PANEL LOCATED BETWEEN ER 8 AND ER9 AT 8.75 INCHES FROM TRAILING EDGE AND 7.0 INCHES INBOARD FROM ELEVATOR RIB 8. REPAIRED THE LEFT ELEVATOR HONEYCOMB CORE STRUCTURE UPPER PANEL IAW EA N.277206, AND SRM 55-21-11-300-015.

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