SDR FDEA202206301739

Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A300*

Difficulty date: June 30, 2022
Submitted: July 18, 2022
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N721FD
Make and model: Airbus A300*
Aircraft serial: 477
Aircraft time: 53,413 hours, 28,947 cycles
System (JASC): 5700 · Wing Structure
Part: Skin
Condition: Unknown
Location: Zone 500
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

AIRCRAFT REPAIR ASSESSMENT:EXISTING EXTERNAL DOUBLER REPAIR FOUND AROUND LH WING LWR SKIN L/E 513AB PANEL AT FWD O/B CUT OUT AREA. COMPLIED WITH ATTACHMENT B OF EO: E6-5100-7-5000 D7 PT1, TITLE: A300/A310 RPR IDENT&SUPPLEMENTAL MX REQ(SMR) TRK, INSPECTION OF EXISTING REPAIR DETERMINED IT TO BE CURRENT WITH FAA APPROVED DATA : A300-600 SRM 53-15-63-201, PARA.5.A, PAGE 201-214, FIG.201, THIS REPAIR IS CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR CATEGORY A REPAIR."MAJOR REPAIR"