SDR FDEA201505031365

Service difficulty report · Frame · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date: May 3, 2015
Submitted: May 4, 2015
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N650FE
Make and model: Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial: 726
Aircraft time: 297 hours, 15,864 cycles
System (JASC): 5311 · Fuselage Main, Frame
Part: Frame
Condition: Cracked
Location: Frm 40
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

LEFT FRAME 40 AT UPPER SKIN LEVEL, TENSION BOLT JUNCTION, LOWER HOLE CRACKED. REPAIRED LT SIDE FRAME 40 CTR WING JOINT AT UPPER SKIN LEVEL TENSION BOLT JUNCTION. THE CRACKED LOWER HOLE IAW EA 6-5710-T0317493 PT 1. MAJOR REPAIR IAW GMM 6-2-100.

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