Service difficulty report · Stringer Splice · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
November 14, 2006
Submitted
December 1, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N628FE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48447
Aircraft time
73,318 hours, 12,329 cycles
Part
Stringer Splice
Part number
A5A7114511
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 100
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

CTR CARGO COMPARTMENT, STA 5-113 L49L SPLICE FITTING FOUND CRACKED. CRACKED SPLICE FITTING AT CENTER CARGO COMPARTMENT STA 5-113 LONGERON 49L. REMOVED AND REPLACED AS PER SRM 51-33-01 VOLUME II. NEW SPLICE FITTING FABRICATED AS PER DRAWING A5A7114. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MINOR PER GMM 6-2-100.

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