- Difficulty date
- October 7, 2011
- Submitted
- October 10, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Airbus A300F4605R
- Aircraft serial
- 876
- Aircraft time
- 6,534 hours, 3,472 cycles
- Part
- Frame
- Part number
- 491B1330053001
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Thrust Reverser
- 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
NR1 ENGINE OTBD THRUST REVERSER UPPER UPPER TOP CORNER CRACKED 4". REPAIRED NR1 ENGINE OTBD THRUST REVERSER TORQUE BOX UPPER CORNER IAW SRM 51-40-21 AND DWG SRZ 78-002. PERFORMED NTD IAW SPM 70-32-03 TO VERIFY CRACK DOES NOT EXTEND AFTER STOP DRILL. LOCATED AND DRILLED REPAIR ANGLE USING DWG SRZ 78-002. INSTALLED REPAIR ANGLE ON NR1 ENGINE OTBD T/R IAW SRM 51-40-21.