Service difficulty report · Cowling · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
December 20, 2000
Submitted
January 2, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N812DE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48601
Aircraft time
23,761 hours, 3,156 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4460
Engine time
21,076 hours, 2,759 cycles
Part
Cowling
Part number
PW44603
Part serial
733790
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Part time
21,076 hours, 2,759 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
D

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

ON TAXI IN TO GATE GRU THE RED STOP LGT WAS ON AND THE ACFT CONTINUED TO TAXI FOWARD APPROX 10 METERS CAUSING NBR 1 ENG TO STRIKE THE JETWAY DAMAGING THE NOSE COWL-FLT CANCELED IR-0855/21DEC/GRU/2489770 - 1 ENGINE LIPSKIN DAMAGED AT 1200 OCLOCK POSITION DUE TO CONTACT WITH THE PASSENGER LOAD BRIDGE. DENT MEASURES APROX 14 INCH CIRCUNFERENCIAL. CA-INTERIM REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED AS PER ER/A 379596-14 AND TIME LIMITED AS PER P.S 900-5-1 NBR04. DYE PENETRANT REVEALED NO CRACKS.

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