- Difficulty date
- November 19, 2003
- Submitted
- December 2, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug MD11
- Aircraft serial
- 48421
- Aircraft time
- 43,779 hours, 8,576 cycles
- Part
- Fitting
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Te Flap
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.
What was found
RT OUTBOARD FLAP, FOUND INBOARD HINGE FITTING LOWER MOUNTING MATING SURFACE CORRODED AS MARKED (WING SIDE). RT WING O/B FLAP, I/B HINGE FITTING LOWER MOUNTING MATING SURFACE CORROSION REMOVED & REPLACED AS PER FEDEX EA 1-5740-74250. WINGS - LT & RT OUTBOARD FLAP - INBOARD HINGE BRACKET ASSEMBLY CORROSION.