Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A300F4622R

Difficulty date
January 7, 2021
Submitted
February 24, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N140UP
Make and model
Airbus A300F4622R
Aircraft serial
0823
Aircraft time
22,125 hours, 13,778 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
A53610263202
Condition
Dented
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

INSPECTION TYPE: SEG LT EXTERNAL FORWARD SKIN HAD 2 DENTS FORWARD OF FR1 DENT MEASURES 4.9 WIDE BY 8.5 LONG BY .385 DEEP THE 2ND DENT MEASURES 4.3 LONG BY 3.8 WIDE BY .070 DEEP. BOTH DENTS WERE DEEMED OUT OF LIMITS AND NEEDED A PERMANENT REPAIR. REPAIRED LT FORWARD EXTERNAL SKIN IAW EA NR 300-5311-27-A2535 STEPS 1 THROUGH 20. REPAIR IS CONSIDERED TEMPORARY AND ACCEPTABLE BUT NEEDS TO EB REPLACED A T 3300 FC.

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