Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A330243

Difficulty date
December 2, 2018
Submitted
January 2, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N361HA
Make and model
Airbus A330243
Aircraft serial
1823
Aircraft time
5,577 hours, 5,825 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Cargo Door
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

LOUD HIGH PITCH NOISE HEARD IN LDCMR. PLEASE INSPECT CARGO DOOR, FRAME AND SEAL FOR DAMAGE/DEBRIS.// INSPECTED AFT CARGO DOOR AND FOUND DAMAGE TO DOOR INNER SKIN BETWEEN FR64-FR64A AND BEAM 4-5, ADDITIONALLY AFT MOST COMPOSITE POT ASSY HAS THRU DAMAGE. 13375 12/2/18. HIGH FEC ACCOMPLISHED NO CRACKS NOTED. 412508 12/3/18. REMAINING MATERIAL 0.038. ASSOCIATED ER/A 14-573535 ADDED FOR AC 0361. PERFORMED ROTO - PROBE INSPECTION NO CRACK IND. INSTALLED NEW POT ASSY P/N F52371216004 AND REINSTALLED LOWER 'L' SECTION P/N F52371198214 PER DRAWING F52372320. INSTALLED REMAINING FASTENERS IN "U SECTION" AND SEAL RETAINER PER DRAWING F52372320. LEAK AND PRESSURE CHECK PENDING. LEAK AND PRESS CHK ACCOMPLISHED PER AMM 05-53-00. NO LEAKS NOTED.

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