Service difficulty report · Stringer · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
May 30, 2005
Submitted
June 1, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N584FE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48436
Aircraft time
45,706 hours, 9,057 cycles
Part
Stringer
Condition
Cracked
Location
Lt Wing
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

LEFT HAND WING LOWER FUEL TANK AT XORS= 733, S-38 FOUND STRINGER END CRACKED. TRIMMED OUT AND INSTALLED WITH FABRICATED SPLICE ANGLE AS PER SRM 57-20-00 FIGURE 10 VOLUME I. NDT INSPECTION AT TRIMMED OUT AREA FOUND NO CRACK EVIDENT. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR REPAIR PER GMM 6-2-100.

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