What was found
AIRCRAFT IN BASE MAINTENANCE: EXTERNAL SKIN PANEL HAS WORN AREAS BETWEEN FR 62 AND FR 63, BETWEEN 22L AND S2R UNDER THE VIASAT ANTENNA RADOME. SKIN PANEL WAS REPAIRED PER EA 338448.
- Difficulty date
- August 8, 2022
- Submitted
- August 29, 2022
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N171US
- Make and model
- Airbus A300*
- Aircraft serial
- 1465
- Aircraft time
- 70,190 hours, 26,515 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin Panel
- Part number
- D5347440120200
- Condition
- Worn
- Location
- Zone 200 - Fuse
- 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.