What was found
LEFT WING, OUTBOARD FLAP INBOARD HINGE TENSION STRAP FOUND CRACKED. 09-12-07 REMOVED AND REPLACED AS PER FEDEX E.O. 1-5750-7-5004 PT1, REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR AS PER FEDEX GMM 6-2-100.
- Difficulty date
- August 27, 2007
- Submitted
- August 28, 2007
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N585FE
- Make and model
- Doug MD11F
- Aircraft serial
- 48481
- Aircraft time
- 53,523 hours, 10,632 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5753 · Trailing Edge Flaps
- Part
- Strap
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Te Flap Hinge
- 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.