What was found
TAIL CONE COMPARTMENT, LT HINGE FITTING FOUND CRACKED, VIEWED FROM AFT ACCESSORY COMPARTMENT. [SUP 05-14-07] REMOVED & REPLACED AS PER DAC DWG AJC7346 AND SRM 51-31-01 VOL.II. CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR REPAIR AS PER FEDEX GMM 6-2-100.
- Difficulty date
- May 3, 2007
- Submitted
- May 3, 2007
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N574FE
- Make and model
- Doug MD11
- Aircraft serial
- 48499
- Aircraft time
- 53,940 hours, 11,444 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings
- Part
- Hinge Fitting
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tail Cone
- 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.