SDR FDEA200907142615

Service difficulty report · Frame · Airbus A300B4622R

Difficulty date: July 14, 2009
Submitted: July 14, 2009
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N751FD
Make and model: Airbus A300B4622R
Aircraft serial: 625
Aircraft time: 42,516 hours, 17,325 cycles
System (JASC): 5311 · Fuselage Main, Frame
Part: Frame
Part number: A53831203200
Condition: Cracked
Location: Zone 100
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

FOUND OLD REPAIR ON UPPER FRAME FOOT C 42 LT, C 45 LT AND C 46 RT (FRAME FOOT WAS CUT AND HOLES OVERSIZED). IN HOLE C42 LT AND C 45 LT WRONG FASTENER INSTALLED. AFTER FASTENER REMOVAL WAS FOUND A CRACK IN HOLE C42 LT. REPAIR PERFORMED BY INSTALLING THE CORRECT FASTENER , OVERSIZING THE HOLE UNTIL CRACK REMOVAL IAW RAS 018309/010/2009 ISSA, APPROVED BY EA 6-5310-131257.

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