Service difficulty report · Trunnion · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
June 27, 2009
Submitted
June 29, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N572FE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48755
Aircraft time
45,697 hours, 7,721 cycles
Part
Trunnion
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nlg
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-LOWER FASTENER HOLE AT 5:00 POS ON LONGERON APPROX .1250 INCH UPON CRACK AREA REMOVAL FROM NLG TRUNNION FITTING. NOSE LANDING GEAR TRUNNION FITTING LT LOWER LONGERON FABRICATED IAW DWG ACA3796 REVISION A. LONGERON REMOVED AND REPLACED IAW SRM 51-31-01, VOLUME II. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR IAW GMM 6-2-100 REVISION 107.

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