# SDR FDEA202507301372

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: July 30, 2025
- Submitted: August 6, 2025
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N687FE](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N687FE), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A300 F4-605R
- Registry model: [Airbus A300 F4-605R](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a300-f4-605r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 873
- Aircraft time: 23,340 hours, 13,604 cycles
- System (JASC): [5522 · Elevator, Plate/Skin](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5522)
- Part: Skin
- Part number: A5527605500600
- Part serial: CC2098
- Condition: No Discrepancy
- Location: Zone 300 Elev
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/FDEA202507301372

## Discrepancy

AIRCRAFT REPAIR ASSESSMENT : EXISTING COMPOSITE REPAIR FOUND ON LH ELEVATOR UPR   SKIN AT ER16-12", T/E-22"   COMPLIED WITH ATTACHMENT B OF EO: E6-5100-7-5000 D7 PT1, TITLE: STRUCTURES - REPAIR   CATALOG - A300/A310 REPAIR IDENTIFICATION & TRACKING REQUIREMENTS 14 CFR 121.707,   INSPECTION OF COMPOSITE REPAIR ON LH ELEVATOR UPR SKIN AT ER16-12", T/E-22" WAS   EVALUATED AND DETERMINED IT TO BE CURRENT WITH FAA APPROVED DATA:A300-600F SRM 55-  21-12-201 PARA.5.J PAGE.268~270 FIG.212,SHEET 1. THE REPAIR IS CATEGORY A AND CLASSIFIED   AS MAJOR PER GMM 6-2-100.  "MAJOR REPAIR."

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