Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
July 13, 2020
Submitted
September 8, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N651FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
728
Aircraft time
35,707 hours, 19,423 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
A55276055000E51
Part serial
CP12715
Condition
Delaminated
Location
Lt Elevator
Part time
18,918 hours, 10,858 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
T
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

TRAPPED WATER INDICATION ON ELEVATOR UPPER SKIN PANEL HONEYCOMB CORE CELLS. LOCATED AT 4 INCH OUTBOARD FROM RIB 16 AND 17 INCH FROM TRAILING EDGE ON LT HORIZ STAB (1EA) (L=2 INCH. W=1.75 INCH). DUE TO THE DISTANCE BETWEEN DAMAGE AREA REPORTED ON NON ROUTINE CARD N00151, N00153, AND N00154 IS LESS THAN THE MINIMUM DISTANCE. THIS DAMAGE MUST BE ENVELOPED TOGETHER AND THE AREA MUST BE CONSIDERED AS ONE DAMAGE AREA. THE TOTAL AREA OF ENVELOPE TOGETHER IS: 18.49 SQ INCH AND EVALUATED AREA AND FOUND WITHIN LIMITS TO REPAIR, AS PER A300 SRM 55-20-00 PAGE BLOCK 101 PAR 8 FIG 104. THIS SDR IS DUPLICATED, REFER TO SDR 20-1806 ON NON ROUTINE CARD N00153 AND WORK WAS DOCUMENTED ON NON ROUTINE CARD N00153 AND EA 6-5520-T0355929 (P1). THIS REPAIR IS CAT-A.

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