Service difficulty report · Hinge Bracket · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
December 2, 2005
Submitted
December 5, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N578FE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48458
Aircraft time
38,618 hours, 10,596 cycles
Part
Hinge Bracket
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 500
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 OUTBOARD FLAP INBOARD FORWARD HINGE BRACKET AFT UPPER LINK FOUND CRACKED. COMPLIED WITH FEDEX EA 1-5750-90703 (TITLE: WINGS LEFT HAND WING TRAILING EDGE FLAP, INBOARD HINGE, TENSION STRAP - COMPLIANCE WITH BOEING S/B 57- 10). REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MINOR AS PER FEDEX GMM 6-2-100.

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