What was found
FWD CARGO BAY FRAME 38 - 38.1, STRINGER 44R SHEAR PLATE CRACKED FWD CARGO BAY SHEAR PLATE WEB CRACKED, FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 53-14-18, FIG 6. NO REPAIR. REMOVED AND REPLACED SHEAR PLATE IAW SRM 51-40-21. MAJOR REPAIR.
- Difficulty date
- July 22, 2017
- Submitted
- July 25, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N743FD
- Make and model
- Airbus A300B4622R
- Aircraft serial
- 630
- Aircraft time
- 59,690 hours, 21,594 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Shear Plate
- Part number
- A5377833825400
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Frames 38
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
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