Service difficulty report · Support Fitting · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
November 7, 2008
Submitted
November 13, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N593FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48551
Aircraft time
53,652 hours, 9,983 cycles
Part
Support Fitting
Condition
Cracked
Location
Empennage
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

EMPENNAGE, AFT FUSELAGE COMPARTMENT PRESSURE BULKHEAD UPPER AFT SURFACE QUANTITY 01 SUPPORT FITTING AT STATION 2007, X=-31.930 FOUND CRACKED.

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