Service difficulty report · Skin Panel · Airbus A300B4622R

Difficulty date
May 2, 2014
Submitted
May 22, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N751FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622R
Aircraft serial
625
Aircraft time
48,253 hours, 20,628 cycles
Part
Skin Panel
Part number
A5377348520200
Condition
Damaged
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 FWD FUSELAGE EXTERNAL SKIN AT TCAS ANTENNA LOCATION, SEVERAL NICKS & 1 EA LIGHTNING STRIKE BLENDED AREA IAW SRM 51-73-10. CHECKED LIMITS DIMENSIONS L=0.200" W=0.300" D=0.034", FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 53-10-12 DIAG III. REPAIRED SKIN IAW SRM 53-10-12 FIG 225. CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR CAT B REPAIR.

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