Service difficulty report · Pressure Deck · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
October 4, 2015
Submitted
October 5, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N676FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
790
Aircraft time
249 hours, 13,694 cycles
Part
Pressure Deck
Part number
A53832100208
Condition
Cracked
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

MDCC HORIZONTAL PRESSURE DECK FRAME 47, Y0 - -Y450, WEB CRACKED APPROX 0.5 INCH IN LENGTH. NDT FOUND THE LENGTH OF THE CRACK WAS OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 53-15-15-201 C2 & NTM 51-10-07, L=30 MM. FABRICATED THE NEW WEB IAW DWG A53832100 ISSUE G. PERFORMED THE REPAIR ON THE WEB WITH REPLACEMENT OF THE WEB IAW SRM 51-40-21. THE REPAIR WAS CATEGORY A & WAS CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR IAW GMM 6-2-100 REVISION 129.

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