Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
July 13, 2020
Submitted
September 9, 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
A55276056000E51
Part serial
CP1271S
Condition
Delaminated
Location
Rt Elevator
Part time
24,461 hours, 14,001 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. OUTBOARD FROM RIB 5 AND 4 INCH. FROM TRAILING EDGE ON RH HORIZONTAL STABILIZER (1 EA) (L=6 INCH. W=1.5 INCH) REPAIRED RH ELEVATOR UPPER SKIN PANEL HONEYCOMB CORE CELL LOCATED AT 3.52 INCHES FROM ERIB 7 AND 6.22 INCHES FROM T/E ON RH HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AS PER A300- 600 SRM 55-21-12 PAGEBLOCK 201 PARAGRAPH 5.J. EXACTLY LOCATION IS BETWEEN STA 327 AND STA 379 AS PER A300 AMM 06-31-55-00 AND EA 6-5520-T0355916 (P1). THIS REPAIR IS CAT-A.

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