Service difficulty report · Radome · Airbus A330243

Difficulty date
April 10, 2019
Submitted
April 12, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N395HA
Make and model
Airbus A330243
Aircraft serial
1469
Aircraft time
24,251 hours, 3,746 cycles
Part
Radome
Condition
Damaged
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

DURING PUSH BACK, FOUND DMG 10" BOTTOM AFT OF RADOME. PERFORMED PRELIMINARY HFEC SURFACE SCAN OF PUNCTURE ON LOWER NOSE FWD OF PRESSURE BULKHEAD/CENTERLINE PER AIRBUS NTM TASK 51-10-08. CRACK IS APPROX 3/4" IN LENGTH W/ PUNCTURE IN UN-PRESSURIZED AREA. REMOVED DAMAGE PER A330 SRM 51-70-20. PERFORMED HFEC OF SKIN DAMAGE TRIM OUT INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR, AS WELL AS THE INTERNAL SURFACE OF P-DOME SKIN FLANGE AND EXTERNAL P-DOME SURFACE PER A330 NTM 51-10-08. NO CRACK INDICATIONS NOTED. PERFORMED U.T. MEASUREMENT OF REMAINING SURFACE THICKNESS AT TRIM PER A330 NTM 51-10-04. RESULTS SENT TO ENGINEERING. PERFORMED STEP 2 OF PRI IAW ERA 577214-14 REV. 0 ROTO - TEST OF OPEN HOLES, NO CRACKS OR INDICATIONS NOTED FABRICATED REPAIR PARTS PER FIG 4. PRI 577214-14 REV 2 ADDED ADDITIONAL HOLES. PERFORMED STEP 2 OF PRI 577214-14 REV. 0 ROTO - TEST NO CRACKS NOTED, PERFORMED TIME LIMITED REPAIR PER ERA 577214-14 REV ORIG.

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