- Difficulty date
- April 28, 2003
- Submitted
- April 30, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug MD11
- Aircraft serial
- 48402
- Aircraft time
- 40,937 hours, 9,947 cycles
- Part
- Structure
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Zone 500
- 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
LT WING OUTBOARD FLAP INBOARD HINGE (WING SIDE) UPPER ATTACHMENT FITTING TO WING REAR SPAR BORE HOLE (2 EACH) CORRODED. CORROSION ON LT WING OUTBOARD FLAP INBOARD HINGE (WINGSIDE) UPPER ATTACHMENT FITTING TO WING REAR SPAR BORE HOLES (2 EACH) REMOVED AND REPAIR CARRIED-OUT AS PER CMM 57-44-08, FIG. 401.