# SDR FDEA202207282042

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: July 28, 2022
- Submitted: August 25, 2022
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N686FE](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N686FE), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A300 B4-605R
- Registry model: [Airbus A300 B4-605R](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a300-b4-605r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 804
- Aircraft time: 30,574 hours, 17,521 cycles
- System (JASC): [5712 · Wing, Rib/Bulkhead](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5712)
- Part: Rib
- Part number: A5796030000251
- Part serial: FH1248
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Zone 500
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: X
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/FDEA202207282042

## Discrepancy

3EA CRACKS(MAX18MM) WERE FOUND AT L/H WING CENTER FLAP RIB 26 FWD AND AFT AREA OF   TOP SURFACE RIB FLANGE. ACCOMPLISHED THE WORK WITH REPAIR ANGLES AND EXTERNAL DOUBLER I.A.W EA NO:6-5750-  T0369804 P1, SEQ NO:000760, TITLE:WING-FLIGHT SURFACES-LH CENTER FLAP, CRACKS IN UPPER   FLANGES OF RIB26 AND 27 BETWEEN STRINGERS 2.5 AND 2.8-ALI 575306-01 & A300-600F SRM 57-  50-00-201, PARA.4A & 4E, PAGE.202-205 & 217-220, FIG.201 & 205

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