Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
July 28, 2004
Submitted
July 28, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N607FE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48547
Aircraft time
41,928 hours, 9,609 cycles
Part
Skin
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 UPPER SKIN FORWARD OF NR 4 SPOILER OUTBOARD HINGE FOUND CORRODED. BLENDED OUT CORROSION IAW SRM 51-21-01, VOLUME II AND FOUND OUT OF LIMIT AS IAW SRM 57-10-00, FIGURE 32, VOLUME I. ORIGINAL THICKNESS=0.180, MATERIAL REMOVED=0.020 AND REMAINING MATERIAL=0.160 AT LT UPPER SKIN FORWARD OF NR 4 SPOILER OUTBOARD HINGE. REFER TO FEDEX EA NR 1-5720-80314, TITLE: WINGS - UPPER PLATING - LT AFT PLANK - XORS 738 CORROSION REPAIR.

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