What was found
CRACK (ABOUT 11.5") FOUND DURING HFEC INSP IN LT WING FUEL TANK AT XORS 819 FROM THE END OF STRINGER 9. STRINGER REPAIRED AS PER SRM 57-20-00 FIG10 OPTION 3 VOL1 (MAJOR REPAIR).
- Difficulty date
- September 25, 2006
- Submitted
- September 27, 2006
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N525FE
- Make and model
- Doug MD11
- Aircraft serial
- 48565
- Aircraft time
- 43,391 hours, 6,098 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5713 · Wing, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Stringer
- 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.