Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A330302

Difficulty date
May 18, 2017
Submitted
November 20, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N824NW
Make and model
Airbus A330302
Aircraft serial
1637
Aircraft time
11,814 hours, 1,492 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Dented
Location
Lt Wing Slat
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

DURING A K CHECK, THE NR 4 LT SLAT UPPER SKIN WAS FOUND DENTED BETWEEN WFX 18912 AND WFX 19158. THE DENT WAS REPORTED TO BE 9.3 INCHES LONG BY 8.3 INCHES WIDE WITH A MAXIMUM DEPTH AT THE CENTER OF 0.086 INCH. THE UPPER AND LOWER ENDS OF THE DENT PROTRUDE OUTWARD BY A MAXIMUM OF 0.080 INCH. THE INBD AND OTBD ENDS OF THE DENT WERE REPORTED TO BE LESS THAN 0.59 INCH FROM RIB FASTENER ROWS. REMOVED DAMAGED AND INSTALLED REPAIR IAW ER/A 558756-14 .

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