Service difficulty report · Trunnion · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
December 29, 2007
Submitted
December 31, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N592FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48550
Aircraft time
52,106 hours, 9,977 cycles
Part
Trunnion
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nlg
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

NOSE LANDING GEAR LEFT TRUNNION FITTING FORWARD LOWER CORNER FOUND CRACKED. REPAIRED AS PER SRM 53-40-00 FIGURE 23 VOLUME I. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR PER GMM 6-2-100. REPETITIVELY INSPECT FOR CRACK GROWTH AT NOT TO EXCEED 1,500 LANDING INTERVALS.

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