- Difficulty date
- September 1, 2003
- Submitted
- September 5, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug MD11
- Aircraft serial
- 48459
- Aircraft time
- 40,211 hours, 9,258 cycles
- Part
- Structure
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Zone 600
- 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
RT WING I/B FLAP O/B HINGE (FLAP SIDE) LOWER O/B BORE FOUND CORRODED. RT WING I/B FLAP O/B HINGE (FLAP SIDE) LOWER O/B BORE (PIVOT HOLE) CORROSION REMOVED AND REPAIRED AS PER EA 1-5750-72651 TITLE : WINGS - TRAILING EDGE DEVICES - RT I/B FLAP O/B AFT HINGE PIVOT BORE CORROSION.