Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
August 31, 2003
Submitted
September 30, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N603FE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48459
Aircraft time
40,211 hours, 9,258 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

LT WING - UPPER SURFACE, STA 118 TO 162, FWD AREA BETWEEN FRONT AND REAR AREA, NUMEROUS PLACES FOUND CORRODED. LT WING UPPER SURFACE, NUMEROUS CORRODED PLACES AT FORWARD AREA BETWEEN FRONT AND REAR AREA STA 118 TO 162 BLENDED OUT AS PER SRM 51-21-01 VOL 2 WITH MATERIAL REMOVED : 0.035" FROM ORIGINAL THICKNESS = 0.170" AND FOUND WITHIN LIMIT AS PER EA 1-5750-73296 WITH TITLE : WINGS - WING STRUCTURE - LT UPPER WING SKIN CORROSION REPAIR.

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