Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
July 23, 2008
Submitted
July 31, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N597FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48596
Aircraft time
54,192 hours, 8,858 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
APB74471
Condition
Corroded
Location
Zone 200
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

MAIN DECK CARGO AT APPROXIMATELY STATION 1229, X = 75.5 TO X = 107.50, UPPER AUX TANK UPPER SURFACE FOUND CORROSION. MAIN DECK CARGO STATION 1229, X = 75.5 TO X = 107.50, UPPER AUX TANK UPPER SURFACE CORROSION AREA CARRIED OUT REPAIR AS PER EA NR 1-5710-122539 THIS REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR AS PER GMM 6-2-100. CORROSION REMOVED AS PER SRM 51-21-01, VOL.II. FOUND EXCEEDED LIMIT AS PER SRM 57-20-00, FIG 13, VOL I.

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