Service difficulty report · Stringer · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
November 2, 2006
Submitted
November 2, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N619FE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48770
Aircraft time
35,999 hours, 8,093 cycles
Part
Stringer
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 500
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
E
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

CRACK FOUND (APPROX 12" LONG) DURING HFEC INSPECTION ON LEFT WING TANK AT THE END OF UPPER STRINGER 13 XORS 577. CRACKED UPPER STRINGER 13 ON LT WING TANK AT XORS 577 TRIMMED OUT 2 BAYS AND REPAIRED WITH SPLICE AS PER SRM 57-20-00 FIGURE 10 VOLUME I. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR PER GMM 6-2-100.

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