SDR 04FDEA01454

Service difficulty report · Hinge · Doug MD11

Difficulty date: May 26, 2004
Submitted: May 28, 2004
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N594FE
Make and model: Doug MD11
Aircraft serial: 48552
Aircraft time: 40,324 hours, 5,659 cycles
System (JASC): 5753 · Trailing Edge Flaps
Part: Hinge
Condition: Corroded
Location: T/E Flap
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

RIGHT WING - OUTBOARD FLAP AFT INBOARD HINGE, FOUND OUTBOARD ACTUATOR. HOLE OUT SPOTFACE CORRODED. CORROSION REMOVED AS PER CMM 20-11-02 PAGES 2 - 4. ORIGINAL THICKNESS OF LUG: 0.390, MATERIAL REMOVED : 0.002, REMAINING THICKNESS OF LUG: 0.388. REPAIR CARRIED OUT AS PER FEDEX EA 1-5750-76713, TRAILING EDGE AND TRAILING EDGE DEVICES. RT OUTBOARD FLAP / INBOARD SUPPORT BRACKET CORROSION REMOVAL AND REPAIR.

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