# SDR DALA2023071705762

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: July 15, 2023
- Submitted: July 17, 2023
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N853NW](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N853NW), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A330-223
- Registry model: [Airbus A330-223](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a330-223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 0618
- Aircraft time: 74,161 hours, 9,638 cycles
- System (JASC): [5754 · Leading Edge Devices](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5754)
- Part: Unknown
- Part number: UNKNOWN
- Condition: Unknown
- Location: Unknown
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2023071705762

## Discrepancy

SHIP 3353 WHILE EXECUTION OF INSPECTIONS IN THE RH LEADING EDGE AS PER JOB CARD, SEVERAL DENTS (40 INSTANCES) WERE FOUND IN THE UPPER SKIN OF THE TRAILING EDGE OF SLAT #3, RH WING. DENTS WERE EVALUATED PER A330 SRM 57-40-00-283-001; HOWEVER, THE SITUATION WAS FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS DUE TO THE MINIMUM DISTANCE OF 150MM/5.91" BETWEEN TWO DENTS WAS NOT FULFILLED. CORRECTIVE ACTION: PERFORMED REPAIR INSTRUCTIONS ON EXTERNAL SKIN SLAT 3 LOC. ON LH WING AS PER ER/A# 609868-14. (2866554)

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