Service difficulty report · Sealant · Airbus A300B4622R

Difficulty date
December 19, 2014
Submitted
December 22, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N723FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622R
Aircraft serial
543
Aircraft time
41,843 hours, 25,415 cycles
Part
Sealant
Condition
Missing
Location
Cargo Bay
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
D

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AFTER THE INITIAL REPAIR OF THE PREVIOUS FUEL QTY INDICATION PROBLEM, THE PROBLEM REOCCURRED & THEN SMELL OF SMOKE BECAME EVIDENT. FUEL QTY INDICATING IS NORMAL. GVI CHECKED FOUND 90VU, 80VU,107VU & T CAS COMPUTER UMBRELLA PANEL AREA WATER DROP FROM CEILING FLOOR. REMOVED ALL BALL MAT & PROTECTIVE WALK WAY COVERS ON MAIN DECK, DISCOVERED WET WATER ALL BALL MAT FLOOR AREA & BLOCKED 6 D RAIN SIEVE ON ZONE 230. DISCOVERED BAFFLE PLATE ASSEMBLY & FLOOR NOT SEALED BETWEEN FRAME 18 - 20, REFER TO IPC 25-58-02-60X. INSPECTED AVIONICS COMPARTMENT 90VU, 80VU, 101VU, 107VU, 106VU, 282VU, 105VU, 104VU, 103VU, 281 ACFT BATTERIES & TCAS COMPUTER UMBRELLA PANEL, NO DEFECT FOUND. CLEANED & DRIED MAIN DECK CARGO FLOOR & AVIONIC COMPARTMENT. NO MORE WATER DROP & MOISTURE. SEALED COMPOUND ON BAFFLE PLATE ASSEMBLY & MAIN DECK CARGO FLOOR WITH PR-1436 GB1/2 IAW SMP. DRAINAGE SYS INSPECTION CHECKED, NO DEFECT FOUND IAW AMM 53-12-29 -06. COMPLIED WITH ACFT EXTERNAL POWER CONTROL ADJUSTMENT, TESTED NORMAL IAW AMM 24-41-00-05. COMPLIED WITH BATTERIES DC GENERATION ADJUSTMENT, TESTED NORMAL IAW MM 24 -31-00-05. COMPLIED WITH EMER AC GENERATION ADJUSTMENT, TESTED NORMAL IAW AMM 24-24-00-05-01.

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