Service difficulty report · Splice · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
March 28, 2005
Submitted
June 2, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N576FE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48501
Aircraft time
44,668 hours, 9,069 cycles
Part
Splice
Part number
AFA7181511
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
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

CABIN STA 1661 TO 1681 LONGITUDINAL SPLICE AT L26 RIGHT FOUND 7 INCHES CRACKED AS MARKED. LONGITUDINAL SPLICE AT STA 1661 TO 1681 RIGHT L-26 REMOVED. NEW SPLICE FABRICATED FROM 1D0755T7150T6511 AS PER DRAWING AFA7181 AND CARRIED OUT FPI INSPECTION AS PER DPS 4.707 AND FOUND NO CRACK EVIDENT. FABRICATED SPLICE REPROTECTED AND PART MARK AFA7181-511 AS PER GMM 7-0-1001. FABRICATED SPLICE LOCATED AND INSTALLED BETWEEN STA 1661 TO 1681 RIGHT L-26 AS PER DRAWING NFA6310. CLASSIFIED MAJOR REPAIR AS PER GMM 6-2-100 AND SRM 51-90-01 FIG 1 VOL II.

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