Service difficulty report · Support Fitting · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
December 1, 2008
Submitted
December 16, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N575FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48500
Aircraft time
56,868 hours, 11,615 cycles
Part
Support Fitting
Part number
AFA71321
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 200
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
E
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

DURING OPEN-HOLE HIGH FREQUENCY EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION ON 0.460 INCH DIAMETER HOLES, MAIN CARGO DOOR LOWER JAMB SUPPORT FITTING NR 7 FOUND WITH CRACK INDICATIONS AT HOLES NR A, NR B AND NR D. MAIN CARGO DOOR LOWER JAMB SUPPORT FITTING NR 7, FOR CRACKED BOLT HOLES NR A, NR B AND NR D, BUSHING REPAIR CARRIED OUT AS PER SRM 53-50-00 FIGURE 10 VOLUME I. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR AS PER GMM 6-2-100.

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