Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
July 13, 2026
Submitted
July 14, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N678FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
792
Aircraft time
34,639 hours, 19,898 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
A53971004210
Condition
Misrepaired
Location
Zone 100
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

EXISTING REPAIR ON FUSELAGE SKIN BETWEEN FR54.2-FR54.3,STGR46L-STGR49L REQUIRES EVALUATION FOR CONFORMITY THE EXISTING REPAIR ON FUSELAGE SKIN BETWEEN FR54.2-FR54.3,STGR46L-STGR49L. NO RECORD FOUND. REMOVED THE EXISTING REPAIR AND PERFORMED THE NEW REPAIR IAW SRM 53-10-12 FIG.209, EO 6-5100-7-5000, D7, PT1 WAS COMPLETED. CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR IAW GMM 6-2-100. THE FIRST INSPECTION THRESHOLD, 42500FC AFTER REPAIR EMBODIMENT.THE REPETITIVE INSPECTION INTERVAL:TBD.THE INSPECTION METHOD, EDDY CURRENT/ULTRASONIC IAW SRI 53-10- 12-2-003-00. MAJOR REPAIR IAW FEDEX GMM6-2-100.

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