Service difficulty report · Skin · 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
Skin
Part number
ARB74023
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 500
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

8 FASTENERS HOLES FOUND CRACK INDICATIONS AS MARKED DURING OPEN-HOLE HFEC INSPECTION AT LEFT WING LOWER SKIN ACCESS DOOR CUTOUT BETWEEN STATION XORS = 683.400 AND STATION XORS = 713.600. REPAIR CARRIED OUT AT LEFT WING FUEL TANK LOWER SKIN CUTOUT AS PER EA NR 1-5710-122418, THIS REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MINOR PER GMM 6-2-100.

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