Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
August 4, 2025
Submitted
August 21, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N687FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
873
Aircraft time
23,340 hours, 13,604 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Zone 300 Elev
Component
Elevator · Airbus
Component part number
A5527605500600
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

1EA WATER TRAPPED AREA(110MM*100MM) WERE FOUND AT L/H ELEVATOR TOP SKIN PANEL T/E NO.30 FASTENER. *COUNTING FASTENER FROM I/B TO O/B* ACCOMPLISHED THE COMPOSITE REPAIR AT L/H ELEVATOR TOP SKIN PANEL T/E NO.30 FASTENER POSITION. I.A.W A300-600F SRM 55-21-12-201, PARA 5J PAGE 268~274 FIG 212~213. THIS REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS CAT.A MAJOR PER GMM 6-2-100.

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