- Difficulty date
- March 2, 2005
- Submitted
- March 2, 2005
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N361FE
- Make and model
- Doug MD1010F
- Aircraft serial
- 48260
- Aircraft time
- 61,821 hours, 19,643 cycles
- Part
- Longeron
- Part number
- ASL0046
- Condition
- Chafed
- Location
- Zone 400
- 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
NUMBER 3 ENGINE INBOARD CORE CORE COWL UPPER SEAL IS CHAFFED. FOUND CORE COWL LONGERON CHAFED WHILE REMOVING CHAFE STRIP. REPAIRED LONGERON IAW FEDEX EA 8- 5410-83991, NACELLES/PYLON- NUMBER 3 ENGINE INBOARD CORE COWL UPPER LONGERON. REPAIR, REMOVED AND REPLACED CHAFE STRIP IAW DC10-10 SRM 51-21-01 VOL II. REFERENCE NON-ROUTINE N00436.