What was found
LEFT HAND WING TANK, CRACK FOUND DURING HFEC INSPECTION AT THE END OF STRINGER 42 (LOWER STRINGER).
- Difficulty date
- January 20, 2006
- Submitted
- January 23, 2006
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N593FE
- Make and model
- Doug MD11
- Aircraft serial
- 48551
- Aircraft time
- 44,185 hours, 7,842 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2810 · Fuel Storage
- Part
- Fuel Tank
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Lt Wing
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- E
- Nature of condition
- K
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.