What was found
VERTICAL STABILIZER RT REAR CENTER SPAR TO REAR SPAR LOWER PANEL CRACKED. CARRIED OUT REPAIR IAW SRM 55-30-02 FIGURE 201 REVISION 48 AND SRM 51-33-01 REVISION 48. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR AS PER GMM 6-2-100 REVISION 114.
- Difficulty date
- February 22, 2012
- Submitted
- March 7, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N587FE
- Make and model
- Doug MD11F
- Aircraft serial
- 48489
- Aircraft time
- 67,208 hours, 14,324 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5531 · Vertical Stabilizer, Spar/Rib
- Part
- Spar
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Vertical Stab
- 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.