Service difficulty report · Support Fitting · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
August 10, 2008
Submitted
August 26, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N587FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48489
Aircraft time
56,723 hours, 11,901 cycles
Part
Support Fitting
Part number
AFA71321
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 200
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

DURING OPEN-HOLE HFEC INSPECTION ON 0.460 INCH DIAMETER HOLE, MAIN CARGO DOOR LOWER JAMB SUPPORT FITTING NR 7 FOUND WITH CRACK INDICATIONS AT HOLES NR A, NR B , NR C AND NR D. MAIN CARGO DOOR LOWER JAMB SUPPORT FITTING NR 7 FABRICATED AS PER EA NR 1-5300-122409A, SUPPORT FITTING NR 7 REMOVED AND REPLACED AS PER SRM 51-31-01 VOLUME II. REPAIR BUSHING FABRICATED AND INSTALLED ON MAIN CARGO DOOR LOWER JAMB WEB AS PER SRM 53-50-00 FIGURE 10 VOLUME I. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR PER GMM 6-2-100.

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