Service difficulty report · Longeron Splice · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
February 12, 2007
Submitted
February 15, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N586FE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48487
Aircraft time
53,125 hours, 11,162 cycles
Part
Longeron Splice
Part number
AFA7105513
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
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

AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT, RIGHT TUNNEL AREA LONGERON 38R SPLICE AT STA 1863 FOUND CRACKED. REMOVED AND REPLACED AS PER SRM 51-33-01 VOL II. THIS REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MINOR AS PER FEDEX GMM 6-2-100.

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