Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A300*

Difficulty date
September 27, 2022
Submitted
September 28, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N439UA
Make and model
Airbus A300*
Aircraft serial
683
Aircraft time
75,959 hours, 30,523 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
D5323171320001
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fr 32
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

NO RECORD PROVIDED FOR AGING AIRCRAFT INSPECTION AND RECORD REVIEW TO ACCOUNT FOR INSTALLATION AND RE-INSPECTION STATUS OF EXISTING DOUBLER ON EXTERIOR FUSELAGE FRAME 32, STRINGER 38-39L, SEE AEROMAN NON ROUTINE 2022-308927. WITH INSPECTION THRESHOLD 65,000FC (FLIGHT HOURS NOT RELEVANT) INTERVALS TBD AND INSPECTION METHOD TBD. SCEPTRE ENTRY LOG PAGE NUMBER IS 9399960 INSTALLED DOT IAW GMM 06-35-05. PERFORMED PERMANENT REPAIR (DOUBLER) ON EXTERNAL SKIN FR.31 TO FR.32 AND STRG. 37L AND 40L IAW EA #53-0399-22 PART O, PART 1 AND EC/RA #5331-02940 AND PERFORMED HFEC INSPECTION AND NOT FOUND CRACKK IAW NTM 51-10-08, THIS MAJOR REPAIR IS CATEGORY B ADD EMP:V939872 INSPECTION OF THE REPAIRED DOUBLER PER ECRA PART 2 BEFORE AIRCRAFT REACHES 95,323 FC INTERIM DOUBLER REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED BY V 939065 PER ECRA 5331-02940 PART 1. IT REQUIRES DTA DIP TO ACCOMPLISH INITIAL ADD EMP:V939065 OK TO CARRY PER ECRA 5331-02940, ACCOMPLISH INITIAL INSPECTIONS TOMC-APPROVAL FROM SC1ELBYC COMMENT OF DOUBLER REPAIR INSTALLED BETWEEN FR31/32 AND STR38LH-39LH OF PART 2 OF LATEST REVISION OF EC5331-02940 ON OUR BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT REACHES 95,323 TOTAL FLIGHT CYCLES (FLIGHT HOURS NOT RELEVANT). RII INSPECTION ACCOMPLISHED BY AEROMAN QC360, V938537. TOMC APPROVED : QC REVIEWED TOMC APPROVED : QC REVIEWED T/A: ON OR BEFORE AC REACHES 95,323 TAFC INIT: SEE LP 9404325 PLN/ENG ...RJS/U250018 RECORDS UPDATE