Service difficulty report · Repair · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
March 20, 2015
Submitted
April 13, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N675FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
789
Aircraft time
24,648 hours, 13,353 cycles
Part
Repair
Condition
Damaged
Location
Te Flap
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

AGEING INSPECTION, EXISTING REPAIR ON RT INBD FLAP LE SKIN RIB 12A - 17 REQUIRES EVALUATION FOR CONFORMITY. THE REPAIR WAS EVALUATED & FOUND IN CONFORMITY WITH SRM 57-50-00 FIG 208. HOWEVER, DENTS & NICKS WERE FOUND ON EXISTING REPAIR INSERT. REPORTED TO ENGINEER. REMOVED THE DAMAGED REPAIR INSERT & REPAIRED AGAIN IAW SRM 57-50-00 FIG 208 & COMPLETED. EO 6-5100-7-5000 D EOCN D1 PART 1 WAS COMPLETED. THE REPAIR WAS CATEGORY B & WAS CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR IAW GMM 6-2-100 REVISION 126. THE FIRST INSPECTION THRESHOLD WAS 51000 FLIGHT CYCLES AFTER REPAIR. THE REPETITIVE INSPECTION INTERVAL & METHOD WERE TBD.

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