Service difficulty report · Intercostal · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
August 26, 2005
Submitted
August 29, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N574FE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48499
Aircraft time
49,324 hours, 10,400 cycles
Part
Intercostal
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 1621
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

AFT CABIN INTERCOSTAL AT STA 1621 RT LONGERON 7 FOUND CRACK. INTERCOSTAL REMOVED AND FABRICATED FROM 7075-0-0.032 AS PER DRAWING AFA 7761. CARRIED OUT HEAT TREATMENT ON FABRICATED PART, PAINTED AND INSTALLED AS PER SRM 51-35-01 VOL II. CLASSIFIED MINOR REPAIR AS PER GMM 6-2-100.

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