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 17 INCH OUTBOARD FROM RIB 2 AND 5.5 INCH FROM TRAILING EDGE ON LT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER (1 EA) (L=3 INCH. AND W=1 INCH). REPAIRED LT ELEVATOR UPPER SKIN PANEL HONEY COMB CELLS LOCATED AT 14.75 INCHES FROM ERIB 2 AND 4.5 INCHES FROM T/E ON LT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, AS PER SRM A300-600 55-21-12 PAGE BLOCK 201 PARAGRAPH 5.J. EXACT LOCATION BETWEEN STA 168 AND STA 221, AS PER A300 AMM 06-31-55-00 AND EA 6-5520-T0355929 (P1). THIS REPAIR IS CAT-A.

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