Service difficulty report · Finger Doubler · Airbus A310203

Difficulty date
January 6, 2011
Submitted
January 6, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N443FE
Make and model
Airbus A310203
Aircraft serial
283
Aircraft time
42,386 hours, 21,622 cycles
Part
Finger Doubler
Condition
Gouged
Location
Fuselage Skin
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

FUSELAGE TAIL SECTION 7 INCHES AFT OF FR 87 BETWEEN STR 4 LT AND STR 5 LT FUSELAGE SKIN FINGER DOUBLER HAS A GOUGE, .010 IN DEPTH X 0.25 INCH WIDTH X 0.25 INCH LENGTH APPROX. BLENDED GOUGE ON FUSELAGE TAIL SECTION 7" AFT OF FR 87 BETWEEN STR 4L AND 5L IAW SRM 51-73-10, PG 209, PARA F. CHECKED LIMITS BEFORE 0.198 AFTER 0.158, LOSS 0.036. WITHIN LIMITS IAW SRM 53-19-12, FIG 102, PARA 5. REPROTECTED ARE IAW SRM 51-21-10, PG 2, PARA 2, 51-75-10, PG 204, PARA 4 AND PG 225, PARA 10C.

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