- Difficulty date
- November 13, 2019
- Submitted
- November 28, 2019
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Airbus A300F4605R
- Aircraft serial
- 778
- Aircraft time
- 31,333 hours, 17,182 cycles
- Part
- Skin
- Part number
- A57110340206
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Frame 40
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- 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
FR40 CTR WING JOINT AT UPPER SKIN LEVEL LH MIDDLE HOLE NDT HFEC INSPECTION FOUND CRACK SIGNAL. FR40 CTR WING JOINT AT UPPER SKIN LEVEL LH MIDDLE HOLE CRACK. COMPLIED WITH FEDEX EA:6-5710-T0350731 P1. TITLE: WINGS - BASIC WING STRUCTURE - CRACK IN THE MIDDLE HOLE AT FR40 LHS CENTER WING JOINT. THIS IS MAJOR REPAIR IAW FEDEX GMM6-2- 100. REPAIR LIFE LIMITATION: 6 MONTHS.