Service difficulty report · Spar Cap · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
April 13, 2009
Submitted
April 13, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N605FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48514
Aircraft time
57,345 hours, 12,752 cycles
Part
Spar Cap
Part number
AJC7515501
Condition
Cracked
Location
Vertical Stab
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

CRACK INDICATION APPROXIMATELY 1 INCH LENGTH FOUND ON RIGHT SIDE OF THE LOWER VERTICAL STABILIZER FORWARD FLANGE OF UPPER REAR SPAR CAP. CRACK INDICATION APPROXIMATELY 1 INCH LENGTH FOUND ON RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE LOWER VERTICAL STABILIZER FORWARD FLANGE OF UPPER REAR SPAR CAP REPAIRED AS PER SRM 55-20-00 FIGURE 3, VOLUME I, REVISION 40. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR AS PER GMM 6-2-100, REVISION 107.

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