Service difficulty report · Frame · Airbus A300B4203

Difficulty date
January 19, 2004
Submitted
February 14, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N365DH
Make and model
Airbus A300B4203
Engine
Ge CF650*
Part
Frame
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
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.

What was found

REPAIR AT FR54, STR2L TO 5L DOES NOT CONFORM TO SRM. REMOVED REMAINING FASTENERS AND DOUBLER REPAIR FOR EVALUATION. PERFORMED NDT INSP OF SPLICE PLATE AT CIRCUMFERENTIAL SKIN SPLICE AT FR54, BETWEEN S-2L TO S-5L AND NO CRACKS NOTED. ACCOMPLISHED UT INSP, PROCEDURE C BY HFEC MANUAL HOLE PROBE, NO CRACKS NOTED AT THIS TIME. ACCOMPLISHED UT INSP AT FR54, STR 2L TO 5L AND NO DEFECTS NOTED AT THIS TIME. FABRICATED NEW REPAIR DOUBLER, DOUBLER SIZE 2'X 1'. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER. NEW REPAIR DOUBLER FABRICATED. FILLER DOUBLER MADE OF 2024T3 .071 PO NR 83113526. ALODINED AND PRIMED. AERODYNAMIC CHAMFER. FILLING OF EXISTING COUNTERSINKS. FASTENERS HOLE AND DRILL HOLES. PAINTED REPAIR DOUBLER AT FRAME 54 STR 2L TO 5L.

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