Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A300B4203

Difficulty date
October 24, 2006
Submitted
November 1, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N363DH
Make and model
Airbus A300B4203
Aircraft serial
85
Part
Skin
Condition
Dented
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
UK
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DENT IN FUSELAGE SKIN AT FS 13 STRINGER 31R APPROX. AVBORNE MAINTENANCE CAUSED DAMAGE. REWORKED DENT IN FUSELAGE SKIN AT FS 13 STRINGER 31R FOUND TO BE WITHIN LIMITS IAW A300 SRM 53-12-00, ALODINED AND PRIMED IAW A300 SRM 51-40-12. ACCOMPLISHED HFOC, NO CRACKS NOTED. SKIN BACK TO ORIGINAL CONTOUR, ORIGINAL MATERIAL THICKNESS 0.063 DENT AREA WAS 0.075 DISTANCE FROM MAXIMUM DEPTH OF DENT IS 3.5".

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