Service difficulty report · Longeron · 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
Longeron
Part number
ACA37961
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 700
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

01 EACH FASTENER HOLE FOUND CRACK AT 9 O'CLOCK POSITION APPROXIMATELY 0.350" IN LENGTH, AT LEFT SIDE TRUNNION FITTING LOWER LONGERON DURING TRUNNION FITTING CRACK AREA TRIMMED OUT INSPECTION. REMOVED AND REPLACED AS PER SRM 51-31-01 VOLUME II. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR PER GMM 6-2-100.

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