- Difficulty date
- July 8, 2003
- Submitted
- July 22, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug MD11
- Aircraft serial
- 48754
- Aircraft time
- 25,718 hours, 5,742 cycles
- Part
- Pivot
- 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 INBD FLAP OUTBD HINGE (FLAP SIDE ) OUTBD PIVOT BORE CORRODED. REPAIR CARRIED OUT AS PER SRM 51-21-01 VOL. 2 AND FEDEX EA - 1-5750-71842 WINGS - TRAILING EDGE FLAPS - INBOARD TRAILING EDGE FLAP - OUTBOARD FLAP HINGE BRACKET CORROSION REPAIRED.