- Difficulty date
- August 6, 2004
- Submitted
- August 6, 2004
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug MD11
- Aircraft serial
- 48458
- Aircraft time
- 34,367 hours, 9,652 cycles
- Part
- Hinge
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Zone 600
- 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
RT WING OUTBOARD FLAP INBOARD AFT HINGE WITH PIVOT HOLE INBOARD FLANGE CORRODED. CORROSION REMOVED PER CMM 20-11-02 PAGES 2 - 4. ORIGINAL THICKNESS = 0.497 MATERIAL REMOVED = 0.012 REMAINING THICKNESS = 0.485 COMPLIED WITH FEDEX EA 1-5750-76807, WINGS - LT AND RT OUTBOARD FLAP - INBOARD HINGE BRACKET BORE CORRODED.