Service difficulty report · Unknown · Airbus A330223

Difficulty date
September 2, 2023
Submitted
September 7, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N854NW
Make and model
Airbus A330223
Aircraft serial
0620
Aircraft time
77,824 hours, 10,127 cycles
Part
Unknown
Part number
UNKNOWN
Condition
Unknown
Location
Unknown
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
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

AIRCRAFT 3354, UPON ARRIVAL IN FCO, MTC NOTED A DENT WITH SCRATCH DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE SKIN. UPON INSPECTING THE DAMAGED AREA IN DTW PER SECTION II OF ER/A 611839-14 REVISION ORIGINAL, MTC NOTED THAT THE DENTED AREA HAD A GOUGE WHICH NEEDED TO BE REWORKED. UPON BLENDING THE AFFECTED AREA PER SRM AND PERFORMING HFEC INSPECTION, MTC NOTED NO CRACKS. CORRECTIVE ACTION: PERFORM A DETAILED VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE DAMAGED AREA PER A330 NTM 51-90-00, ACCOMPLISH A UT SCAN PER A330 NTM 51-10-04 AND MEASURE MINIMUM REMAINING THICKNESS OF THE DENTED AREA. PERFORM AN INTERNAL DETAILED VISUAL INSPECTION TO SKIN AND INTERNAL STRUCTURE PER A330 NTM 51-90-00 TO CONFIRM THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE OR DEFORMATION. ACCOMPLISH A HFEC INSPECTION OF STGR30RH AT AND AROUND DAMAGED AREA PER A330 NTM 51-10-08 TO CONFIRM THERE ARE NO CRACKS. PERFORM A ROTO-PROBE INSPECTION AT ALL OPEN HOLES IN THE REPAIR AREA PER A330 NTM 51-10-01 TO VERIFY NO CRACKS. PERFORM A HFEC INSPECTION OF THE CUT EDGES PER A330 NTM 51-10-08 TO CONFIRM THERE ARE NO CRACKS. ACCOMPLISH REPAIR PER A330 SRM TASK 53-41-11-300-015 WITH THE PROVISION THAT THE SUBJECT REPAIR IS ACCEPTABLE FOR AIRCRAFT WV058. (LP 9985926)

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