Service difficulty report · Stringer · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
September 23, 2005
Submitted
September 27, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N587FE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48489
Aircraft time
47,275 hours, 9,751 cycles
Part
Stringer
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 600
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

CRACK INDICATION FOUND AT STRINGER END OF STRINGER 16 (UPPER STRINGER), APPROXIMATE LENGTH 17 INCHES, RIGHT SIDE WING TANK. CRACK PROPAGATES TOWARDS INBOARD TO THE NEAREST WEB. REPAIRED AS PER SRM 57-20-00 FIGURE 10 VOLUME I AND CLIP REMOVED AND REPLACED AS PER SRM 51-33-01 VOLUME II. CLIP.

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