Service difficulty report · Beam · Airbus A310324

Difficulty date
December 30, 2015
Submitted
December 31, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N809FD
Make and model
Airbus A310324
Aircraft serial
449
Aircraft time
47,583 hours, 16,854 cycles
Part
Beam
Condition
Corroded
Location
Fuel Tank
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

CENTER WING FUEL TANK, BOTTOM SKIN LONGITUDINAL BEAM 4RT OTBD ATTACHED SPLICE FITTING, CORRODED AT FRAME 40. BLENDED OUT & SMOOTHED THE CORRODED AREA IAW SRM 51-74-10. THE DAMAGE WAS OUT OF THE DESIGN THICKNESS TOLERANCE IAW DWG A57112070. REPLACED IAW SRM 51-40-21. THIS IS A MAJOR REPAIR IAW GMM 6-2-100.

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