Service difficulty report · Skin · 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
Skin
Part number
A57960000003
Part serial
FH1234
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 WING INBD FLAP UPPER SKIN RIB 11 - RIB 13 REQUIRES EVALUATION FOR CONFORMITY. THE REPAIR WAS EVALUATED & FOUND NOT IN CONFORMITY WITH SRM 57-50-00 FIG 206. WORN MARKS WERE ALSO FOUND ON EXISTING REPAIR DOUBLER, REPORTED TO ENGINEER. REMOVED THE EXISTING REPAIR DOUBLER & REPAIRED AGAIN IAW SRM 57-50-00 FIG 206 & COMPLETED. EO 6-5100-7-5000 D EOCN D1 PART 1 WAS COMPLETED. REPAIR WAS CATEGORY B & WAS CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR IAW GMM 6-2-100 REVISION 126. THE FIRST INSPECTION THRESHOLD WAS 49100 FLIGHT CYCLES AFTER REPAIR EMBODIMENTS. THE REPETITIVE INSPECTION INTERVAL & METHOD WERE TBD. TRACKING EA 6-5750-T0316689 ISSUED & COMPLETED.

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