Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A330243

Difficulty date
September 3, 2015
Submitted
September 4, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N374HA
Make and model
Airbus A330243
Aircraft serial
1565
Aircraft time
4,072 hours, 662 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Gouged
Location
Cargo Door
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

A DENT WAS FOUND ON THE AFT CARGO DOOR INNER SKIN BETWEEN FRAMES FRAME 62 & FRAME 62A AND BETWEEN BEAMS 4 & 5. THE INNER SKIN WAS FOUND GOUGED, COMMON TO THE AREA OF THE SKIN THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY REWORKED. THE NEW GOUGE WAS BLENDED IAW SRM. REMOVED DAMAGED AREA, INSTALLED REPAIR FILLERS AND DOUBLER IAW ER/A 538671-14.

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