Service difficulty report · Hinge Bracket · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
August 20, 2006
Submitted
September 29, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N521FE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48478
Aircraft time
50,678 hours, 6,480 cycles
Part
Hinge Bracket
Part number
ARC0154502
Condition
Corroded
Location
Zone 600
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

RT WING INBD FLAP (WING SIDE) OUTBD PIVOT HOLES SPOT FACE FOUND CORRODED. RT FWD I/B FLAP O/B HINGE PIVOT HOLE SPOTFACE CORROSION REMOVED AND FOUND EXCEED LIMIT AS PER CMM 57-44-07 PG 403-404. ORIGINAL THK I/B 0.427" O/B 0.472" REMAINING THK I/B 0.420" O/B 0.470". MATERIAL REMOVED I/B 0.007" O/B 0.002". MINIMUM ALLOWABLE THK 0.450". REPAIR CARRIED OUT AS PER EA1-5750-102151 PT.1 TITLE:" WINGS TRAILING EDGE AND TRAILING EDGE DEVICES, RT I/B FLAP O/B HINGE BRACKET INTERIM REPAIRS. CLASSIFIED MAJOR REPAIR PER GMM 6-2-100.

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