Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
July 16, 2012
Submitted
July 24, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N672FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
779
Aircraft time
21,540 hours, 11,702 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Dented
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

LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN HAS A DENT BETWEEN FR 0 AND FR 1 LOWER SIDE AT Z-1561, POSITION. MEASURE THE MAX. DEPTH 0.023" AND DIMENSION 3"X1.5" (LXW) WITHIN ALLOWABLE LIMIT IAW SRM 53-11-12. NDI WAS COMPLETED. NO CRACK WAS FOUND IAW NTM 51-10-08 P.B.6.

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