Service difficulty report · Skin Splice · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
January 26, 2012
Submitted
February 13, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N574FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48499
Aircraft time
69,016 hours, 14,808 cycles
Part
Skin Splice
Part number
AEA7634501
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 200
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
E
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

DURING HIGH FREQUENCY EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION, FOUND A CRACK AT TRANSVERSE SKIN SPLICE, STATION 5-0, LONGERON 4LT ON THE CENTER ROW FASTENER NR 4 TOWARD NR 5 FASTENER APPROX .5" LONG COUNT FROM FORWARD. REMOVED AND REPLACED AS PER SRM 51-31-01 REVISION 48. SPLICE MACHINED AS PER DRAWING AEA7634 REVISION D. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR AS PER GMM 6-2-100 REVISION 114.

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