Service difficulty report · Longeron Splice · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
May 3, 2011
Submitted
May 16, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N617FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48748
Aircraft time
53,145 hours, 12,100 cycles
Part
Longeron Splice
Part number
A5A7116503
Part serial
000000
Condition
Cracked
Location
L45l
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 CENTER CARGO COMPARTMENT STATION 5-123 LONGERON 45L SPLICE FITTING FOUND CRACKED. LOWER CENTRE CARGO COMPARTMENT STATION 5-123 LONGERON 45L DAMAGED SPLICE FITTING REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH NEW SPLICE AS PER SRM 51-33-01 REVISION 46. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR AS PER GMM 6-2-100 REVISION 112. NEW SPLICE FABRICATED AS PER DRAWING A5A7116 REVISION D.

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