- Difficulty date
- November 28, 2003
- Submitted
- December 9, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug MD11
- Aircraft serial
- 48548
- Aircraft time
- 38,083 hours, 8,812 cycles
- Part
- Hinge
- 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 (FLAP SIDE), ACTUATOR ATTACHMENT INBOARD HOLE SPOT FACE CORRODED. LT WING OUTBD FLAP INBD HINGE (FLAP SIDE), ACTUATOR ATTACHMENT INBOARD HOLE SPOT FACE CORROSION REMOVED AS PER EA 1-5750-73348, WINGS - TRAILING EDGE AND TRAILING EDGE DEVICES - LT OUTBOARD FLAP / INBOARD SUPPORT BRACKET CORROSION REMOVAL AND REPAIR.