Service difficulty report · Support Fitting · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
October 22, 2008
Submitted
October 23, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N578FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48458
Aircraft time
47,916 hours, 12,664 cycles
Part
Support Fitting
Part number
ACA72251
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, MAIN CARGO DOOR LOWER JAMB SUPPORT FITTING NR 7 UPPER WEB SECOND LAYER FOUND WITH CRACK INDICATION (APPROXIMATELY 8 O'CLOCK POSITION) AT HOLE NR D. CARRIED OUT REPAIR AS PER EA 1-5310-125561. THIS REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR AS PER GMM 6-2-100.

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