What was found
LEFT HAND WING OUTBOARD FLAP INBOARD AFT HINGE BRACKET FORWARD FITTING ATTACH HOLE AT OUTBOARD AFT POSITION FOUND CORRODED. CORROSION REMOVED AND REPAIR CARRIED OUT AS PER FEDEX EA 1-5750-90702.
- Difficulty date
- December 8, 2005
- Submitted
- December 12, 2005
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N578FE
- Make and model
- Doug MD11
- Aircraft serial
- 48458
- Aircraft time
- 38,618 hours, 10,596 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5753 · Trailing Edge Flaps
- Part
- Hinge Bracket
- Condition
- Corroded
- 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.