Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
August 31, 2010
Submitted
September 1, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N673FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
780
Aircraft time
19,387 hours, 10,358 cycles
Engine
Ge CF680C2A5F
Part
Skin
Condition
Dented
Location
Tail Section
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

TAIL SECTION EXTERNAL SURFACE GOT 1EA DENT BETWEEN S -33RS-34R, AT FR83-FR84 POSITION. RPT BY: 7084821 IAW AB6F SRM 53-19-12, THE AREA SKIN THICKNESS=0.098". MEASURED THE DENT D=0.027",A=1.600" IAW AB6F SRM 53-10-12 P117/118, WITHIN AREA RANGE, WITHIN ALLOWABLE LIMITS. PAY A DETAIL VISUAL INSP. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS FOUND. NDI WAS COMPLETED,NO CRACK WAS FOUND REF TO NTM 51-10-07 PB601. IAW AB6F SRM 53-10-12 AND SRI 53-10-12-1-002-00, THIS ALLOWABLE DAMAGE MUST BE INSPECTED AT DEFINED INTERVALS, FIRST INSP IS AT 47858FC (10358 37500), SUBSEQUENT INSP IS AT INTERVAL OF TBD. REF MAXI MERLIN ACN DAMAGE INQUIRE RECORD DISCRP NR:7466 REPAIR CLASSFIED AS MINOR IAW GMM 6-2-100.

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