Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
July 26, 2011
Submitted
August 3, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N573FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48769
Aircraft time
47,063 hours, 9,127 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
ARC24443
Condition
Dented
Location
Lt Wing Te Flap
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

LT WING INBD FLAP, OTBD SEGMENT UPPER SKIN FOUND SEVERAL DENTS. DENTED AREAS ARE ACCEPTABLE AND WITHIN ALLOWABLE DAMAGED LIMIT OF 0.060" AS PER MD-11 SRM 51-80-01 REV 47 AT LEFT HAND WING INBOARD FLAP OUTBOARD SEGMENT UPPER SKIN. HFEC CARRIED OUT AS PER DAC NDT SPM REV 13, 06-10-01.001 ON DENTS AREAS AND FOUND NO CRACKED EVIDENT. REPAIR CLASSIFIED MINOR AS PER GMM 6-2-100 REV 112.

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