What was found
HFEC INSPECTION CARRIED OUT AND FOUND ONE CRACK ON LEFT SIDE RADIUS OF LOWER FORWARD SPAR CAP AT LOWER VERTICAL STABILIZER. REPAIR CARRIED OUT AS PER SRM 55-20-00. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR PER GMM 6-2-100.
- Difficulty date
- September 29, 2008
- Submitted
- September 30, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N606FE
- Make and model
- Doug MD11F
- Aircraft serial
- 48602
- Aircraft time
- 53,973 hours, 12,076 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5531 · Vertical Stabilizer, Spar/Rib
- Part
- Spar Cap
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Vertical Stab
- 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.