Service difficulty report · Skin · Airbus A300B4203

Difficulty date
January 18, 2006
Submitted
June 21, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N821SC
Make and model
Airbus A300B4203
Aircraft serial
211
Aircraft time
50,653 hours, 20,839 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Corroded
Location
Fuselage
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 INSPECTION, CORROSION WAS FOUND ON FUSELAGE SKIN ABOVE THE RT FORWARD PASSENGER DOOR, TWO AREAS, AT S9L BETWEEN FR 14C AND FR 14B AND 1 AREA AT S11L BETWEEN FR13 AND FR13A. ACCOMPLISHED REPAIR PER AVBORNE REPAIR REFERENCE 25599-7-02-02-2006, (AIRBUS REPAIR DESIGN APPROVAL SHEET RAS/AS/028/2006) PERFORMED SMOOTH REWORK OF CORRODED AREAS, PERFORMED INSPECTIONS, ROTOTEST AND DVI OF HOLES IN CORRODED AREAS, HFEC AND DVI OF CORRODED AREAS, INSTALLED OVERSIZE FASTENERS IN CORRODED AREAS AND RE-PROTECT PER SRM.

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