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 1 INCH INBOARD FROM RIB 13 AND 14 INCH FROM TRAILING EDGE ON LT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER (1EA) (L=5.5 INCH. W=4.5 INCH). REPAIRED LT ELEVATOR UPPER SKIN PANEL HONEYCOMB CORE CELLS LOCATED AT 1 INCH FROM INBOARD ERIB 13 AND 15 INCHES FROM T/E ON LT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, AS PER SRM A300 55-21-12 PAGE BLOCK 201 PARAGRAPH 5.J. EXACT LOCATION IS BETWEEN STA 633 AND STA 689, AS PER A300 AMM 06-31-55-00 AND EA 6-5520-T0355929 (P1). THIS REPAIR IS CAT-A.

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