# SDR HALA2023033100143

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: March 23, 2023
- Submitted: March 31, 2023
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N383HA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N383HA), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A330-243
- Registry model: [Airbus A330-243](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a330-243) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 1217
- Aircraft time: 49,900 hours, 7,882 cycles
- System (JASC): [5730 · Wing, Plate/Skin](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5730)
- Part: Unknown
- Condition: Unknown
- Location: Unknown
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HALA2023033100143

## Discrepancy

SHIP 383 LH WING UPPER SURFACE REAR SPAR BETWEEN RIB 1 AND RIB 2 FOUND WITH CORROSION AROUND FASTENERS. CORRECTIVE ACTION: LH WING UPPER SURFACE REAR SPAR BETWEEN RIB 1 AND RIB 2 CORROSION REMOVED. DETAILED VISUAL INSPECTION CARRIED OUT ON CORROSION REMOVED AREA TO ENSURE NO MORE CORROSION. CARRIED OUT HFEC SURFACE INSPECTION ON REWORK AREA - FOUND NIL CRACK AND NIL CORROSION INDICATION. ULTRASONIC THICKNESS MAPPING CARRIED OUT AT CORROSION REMOVED LOCATIONS AND DETAILS REPORTED TO LIASON ENGINEERING. REPAIRS CARRIED OUT AS PER ER/A 607291-14. (2696377)

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