Service difficulty report · Frame · Airbus A300B4622R

Difficulty date
September 18, 2020
Submitted
September 29, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N725FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622R
Aircraft serial
572
Aircraft time
51,804 hours, 28,686 cycles
Part
Frame
Part number
A5714129800000
Condition
Cracked
Location
Frm 40
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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 FR 40, CENTER WING JOINT FOUND LT UPPER HOLE WITH CRACK. SIGNAL COMPLIED WITH FEDEX EA: 6-5710-T0356552 PT1, EA TITLE: WINGS-BASIC WING STRUCTURE-CRACK IN THE HOLES AT FR 40 LT AND RT CENTER WING JOINT. REPAIRED LOWER FUSELAGE FR 40, CENTER WING JOINT LT UPPER HOLE. THIS REPAIR CATEGORY B. SEE APPROVED DATA OF RDAS 80827737/006/2020 ISSUE A, WHICH PROVIDES STATIC STRENGTH APPROVAL. THE REPAIR HAS BEEN APPROVED BY AIRBUS TO BE STRUCTURALLY ACCEPTABLE AS INTERIM WITH A 6 MONTHS REPAIR LIFE LIMITATION FROM TIME OF REPAIR EMBODIMENT PENDING COMPLETION OF THE FATIGUE ANALYSIS. MAJOR REPAIR, IAW FEDEX GMM6-2-100.

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