SDR 08FDEA00075

Service difficulty report · Trunnion · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date: January 9, 2008
Submitted: January 9, 2008
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N616FE
Make and model: Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial: 48747
Aircraft time: 42,787 hours, 9,786 cycles
System (JASC): 5343 · Fuselage, Landing Gear Attach Fittings
Part: Trunnion
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

NOSE LANDING GEAR LEFT TRUNNION SUPPORT FITTING FOUND CRACK. CARRIED OUT REPAIR AS PER SRM 53-40-00 FIGURE 23 VOLUME I. REPETITIVELY INSPECT FOR CRACK GROWTH AT NOT TO EXCEED 1500 LANDING INTERVALS. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR PER GMM 6-2-100.

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