Service difficulty report · Beam · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
October 14, 2020
Submitted
October 22, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N687FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
0873
Aircraft time
18,635 hours, 10,626 cycles
Part
Beam
Part number
A5714129800800
Condition
Cracked
Location
Frame 40
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
E
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

NDT INSP LT CENTER WING JOINT AT FR 40 MID HOLE FOUND CRACKED SIGNAL. REAMED THE HOLE THROUGH ALL LAYERS STEP BY STEP 0.4OMM EACH TIME NOT EXCEED R2 DIMENSION, PER A300-600F SRM51-40-44. PERFORMED ROTO-TEST INSPECTION AND NO CRACK FOUND, PER A300-600F NTM51-10-01. THE HOLE DIAMETER IS: 15.13 MM. WET INSTALL THE FASTENER, PER A300-600F SRM51-40-21. THIS IS CAT A REPAIR. MINOR REPAIR, IAW GMM6-2-100.

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