Service difficulty report · Rivet · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
August 17, 2005
Submitted
September 7, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N575FE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48500
Aircraft time
47,823 hours, 9,702 cycles
Part
Rivet
Condition
Loose
Location
Aileron
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 WING TOPSIDE FIXED TRAILING EDGE ISLAND FWD AREA BETWEEN O/B FLAP AND I/B AILERON FOUND WORKING RIVETS ON FORWARD I/B CORNER. LEFT WING TOPSIDE FIXED TRAILING EDGE ISLAND FWD AREA BETWEEN O/B FLAP AND I/B AILERON I/B AND O/B CORNER SKIN TRIMMED. REPAIR FILLER AND DOUBLER FABRICATED AND MATERIAL USED AS PER DWG ARC 0583 AND SRM 51-71-00 PARAGRAPH 20B VOL II. HOT BOND REPAIR CARRIED OUT AS PER SRM 51-71-00 VOL II. MINOR REPAIR AS PER GMM 6-2-100.

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