Service difficulty report · Longeron Splice · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
April 6, 2011
Submitted
April 19, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N616FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48747
Aircraft time
52,864 hours, 12,085 cycles
Part
Longeron Splice
Part number
A5A7116505
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 100
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

LOWER CTR CARGO COMPARTMENT BILGE, STA 5-123 LONGERON 46RT SPLICE FITTING FOUND CRACKED. LONGERON SPLICE FITTING FABRICATED AS PER DOUGLAS DRAWING A5A7116 REVISION D. SPLICE FITTING REMOVED AND REPLACED AS PER SRM 51-33-01 REVISION 46. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR AS PER GMM 6-2-100 REVISION 112.

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