What was found
LEFT SIDE NOSE LANDING GEAR TRUNNION FITTING FOUND CRACK AT LOWER LONGERON FASTENER HOLE. REPAIR CARRIED OUT AS PER SRM 51-33-01 VOLUME II AND FEDEX EA 1-5310-117251, REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR AS PER GMM 6-2-100.
- Difficulty date
- January 4, 2008
- Submitted
- January 7, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N583FE
- Make and model
- Doug MD11F
- Aircraft serial
- 48421
- Aircraft time
- 57,428 hours, 11,720 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Longeron
- Part number
- ACA37961
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- 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.