Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A330243F

Difficulty date
November 21, 2020
Submitted
November 23, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N334QT
Make and model
Airbus A330243F
Aircraft serial
1448
Aircraft time
25,561 hours, 7,873 cycles
Engine
Rroyce RB211TRENT77
Engine time
23,501 hours, 7,569 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Dented
Location
Rt Wing Slat 4
Part time
25,561 hours, 7,873 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

DURING TRANSIT CHECK OF THE N334QT AIRCRAFT AT BOG STATION, A DENT WAS FOUND ON NUMBER 4 SLAT OF THE RIGHT WING. A QUERY WAS SUBMITTED TO THE AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER. ACTION TAKEN: TEMPORARY REPAIR WAS PERFORMED ON THE WING SLAT SKIN IN ACCORDANCE WITH AIRBUS RDAS 80854037/005/2020 AND AIRBUS SRM TASK 57-40-00-283-004 2A (1). THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED TO SERVICE AND THE PERMANENT REPAIR MUST BE PERFORMED BEFORE 50 FLIGHT CICLES. THE 50 FLIGHT CICLES ARE CONTROLLED WITH THE WORK ORDER NUMBER 15677746.

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