Service difficulty report · Stringer · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
February 2, 2007
Submitted
February 2, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N624FE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48443
Aircraft time
72,822 hours, 12,305 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 3" LONG) DURING HFEC INSPECTION ON LEFT WING TANK AT THE END OF UPPER STRINGER 12 (XORS 642). CRACK ON LEFT HAND WING TANK AT THE END OF UPPER STRINGER 12 (XORS 642) REPAIRED AS PER SRM 57-20-00 FIGURE 10 VOLUME I. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR PER GMM 6-2-100.

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