Service difficulty report · Spar · Airbus A310324

Difficulty date
December 14, 2012
Submitted
December 27, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N812FD
Make and model
Airbus A310324
Aircraft serial
467
Aircraft time
55,383 hours, 12,924 cycles
System (JASC)
5711 · Wing Spar
Part
Spar
Condition
Cracked
Location
Center Wing
Part time
55,383 hours, 12,924 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
E
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

CENTER WING RT REAR SPAR NR 61 HOLE FOUND CRACKED. REAMED HOLE AT 0.4MM THROUGH ALL LAYERS PER EA6-5710-163167. INSPECTED PER NTM51-10-01,NO CRACK FOUND. REAMED UP THE HOLE ON ALL LAYERS TO 15.836-15.875MM IN TRANSITION FIT PER EA6-5710-163167. WET INSTALLED A NEW FASTENERS PER SRM51-40-44. PROTECTED AS PER SRM RULES.

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