Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
March 14, 2004
Submitted
March 15, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N579FE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48470
Aircraft time
43,179 hours, 8,728 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
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 FIXED LEADING EDGE LOWER SURFACE SKIN AT XORS 759 CRACKED. LT WING FIXED LEADING EDGE LOWER SURFACE SKIN AT XORS 759 SMOOTH END AND FOUND WITHIN LIMITS AS PER SRM 57-00-01 VOL 1 FIG 3 HFEC INSPECTION CARRIED OUT AS PER NDT SPM PART 06-10-01.001 REV 11.

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