Service difficulty report · Stringer · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
March 3, 2007
Submitted
March 5, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N609FE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48549
Aircraft time
49,085 hours, 11,112 cycles
Part
Stringer
Condition
Cracked
Location
Lt Wing
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 AT STRINGER END 14L (XORS 521), APPROX 13" LENGTH ON LEFT WING TANK DURING HFEC INSPECTION. CRACK AT STRINGER END 14L (XORS 521) ON LEFT HAND WING TANK TRIMMED OUT AND REPAIRED WITH SPLICE REPAIR AS PER SRM 57-20-00 FIGURE 10 VOLUME I. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR PER GMM 6-2-100.

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