- Difficulty date
- November 2, 2016
- Submitted
- November 3, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Airbus A330243
- Aircraft serial
- 1171
- Aircraft time
- 27,534 hours, 4,431 cycles
- Part
- Seat Track
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Frames 58-67
- Part time
- 27,534 hours, 4,431 cycles
- 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
SEAT TRACK -450 BETWEEN FRAMES 58 - 67 CORRODED. CORROSION REMOVED IAW SRM 51-22-00 R91 BLEND OUT DIMENSIONS AS FOLLOWS: 9'' AFT OF FR 58 ON 'SUPERIOR AND LATERAL AREA' DEPTH 0.003''LENGTH 1'' WIDTH 0.5'' / 4'' AFT OF FR 61 ON 'LATERAL AREA' DEPTH 0.030'' LENGTH 0.5'' / 2'' AFT OF FRAME 66. FOUND BEYOND SRM LIMITS. REPLACEMENT IAW EA007544-00 AND SRM 53-31-15 REV 91.