What was found
NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL WELL LEFT TRUNNION FITTING FOUND CRACKED. TRIMMED OUT AND REPAIR CARRIED OUT AS PER SRM 53-40-00 FIGURE 23 VOLUME I. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR PER GMM 6-2-100.
- Difficulty date
- July 29, 2008
- Submitted
- August 19, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N579FE
- Make and model
- Doug MD11F
- Aircraft serial
- 48470
- Aircraft time
- 55,403 hours, 11,564 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5343 · Fuselage, Landing Gear Attach Fittings
- Part
- Trunnion
- Part number
- ACA7017501
- 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.