Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A300B4622R

Difficulty date
August 13, 2020
Submitted
August 21, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N723FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622R
Aircraft serial
543
Aircraft time
48,134 hours, 29,193 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
A53810775200
Condition
Cracked
Location
Frames 53-54
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN LAP FR54 STGR44RH MARKED FASTENER FOUND A SUSPECT CRACK (1EA) REPAIRED THE CRACKED FUSELAGE SKIN AT FR54 STGR44RH PER EA# 6-5330-T0355811 P1. EA TITLE: FUSELAGE - PLATES & SKINS - FASTENER LOCATION CRACK INDICATION REPAIR - BETWEEN FR53 AND FR54 AT STGR 44RH. THE REPAIR LIFE LIMITATION WAS 6 MONTHS PER RDAS REF: 80816911/004/2020 ISSUE: A. THIS IS A CAT B REPAIR. MINOR REPAIR IAW FEDEX GMM 6 BETWEEN FR53 AND FR54 AT STGR 44RH. THE REPAIR LIFE LIMITATION WAS 6 MONTHS PER RDAS REF: 80816911/004/2020 ISSUE: A. THIS IS A CAT B REPAIR. MINOR REPAIR IAW FEDEX GMM 6-2-100.

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