- Difficulty date
- December 28, 2003
- Submitted
- December 30, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug MD11
- Aircraft serial
- 48548
- Aircraft time
- 38,083 hours, 8,812 cycles
- Engine
- Ge CF680
- Part
- Panel
- Part number
- ARC07883
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Lt Wing
- 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 TRAILING EDGE PANEL ADJACENT TO NR 3 SPOILER ACTUATOR ATTACHMENT FOUND CRACKED APPROXIMATELY 1.5 INCHES IN LENGTH. C/A: SNRM N0235 LT WING UPPER TRAILING EDGE PANEL ADJACENT TO NR 3 SPOILER ACTUATOR ATTACHMENT CRACKED PANEL REMOVED IAW AMM 20-50-02, REPLACED WITH NEW PANEL BY FABRICATION IAW EA 1-5750-75180, WINGS, TRAILING EDGE AND TRAILING EDGE DEVICES, WING PANEL FABRICATION.