Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A310203

Difficulty date
December 3, 2010
Submitted
December 6, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N443FE
Make and model
Airbus A310203
Aircraft serial
283
Aircraft time
42,386 hours, 21,622 cycles
Engine
Ge CF680
Part
Skin
Part number
A53989433200
Condition
Cracked
Location
Tailcone
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

TAILCONE HAS A CREASE WITH A DEPTH OF .010", AND A LENGTH OF 0.375", LOCATED BETWEEN FR 96 AND FR 97, BETWEEN STR 2R AND STR 3R. NDT CHECK COMPLIED WITH AND FOUND A CRACK (.375") IAW NTM 51-10-08. CUT OUT DAMAGED SECTION OF TAILCONE AND REPAIRED TAILCONE SKIN IAW SRM 53-19-12, FIG 201. USING FILLER DOUBLER REPAIR METHOD.

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