Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A310203

Difficulty date
January 6, 2011
Submitted
March 4, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N443FE
Make and model
Airbus A310203
Aircraft serial
283
Aircraft time
42,386 hours, 21,622 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Corroded
Location
Fuselage
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 EXTERNAL SKIN HAS SURFACE CORROSION AT FWD OF FR 78,BETWEEN STR 2LT AND STR 3LT,ABOUT 8 SQ INCHES. CORROSION AT FUSELAGE EXTERNAL SKIN FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 53-19- 12 FIG 102 PAR 5. REPAIRED AREA WITH INTERNAL DOUBLER AND FILLER IAW SRM 53-10-12 FIG 229 PG 411-412. CUT AND SPLICED STR 3L BETWEEN FR 77 AND FR 78 IAW EA 6-5310-145556 PG3, REMOVED AND RE-INSTALLED PREVIOUS REPAIR AT FR 78 EXTERNAL SKIN WITH CORRECT FILLER PIECE IAW A310 SRM 53-10-12 FIG 228 PG 403-404.

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