Service difficulty report · Spar Cap · Doug MD11F

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)
5711 · Wing Spar
Part
Spar Cap
Part number
ARB74131
Condition
Damaged
Location
Zone 500
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

LEFT WING, UPPER SPAR CAP FASTENER HOLE AT STA XORS 878 FOUND ELONGATED. LEFT WING UPPER SPAR CAP STA XORS 878 ELONGATED HOLE REPAIRED AS PER FEDEX EA NR 1-5710-124328, TITLE: WINGS BASIC WING STRUCTURE, LEFT WING UPPER SPAR STA XORS = 878, ELONGATED HOLE REPAIR. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR PER GMM 6-2-100.

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