Service difficulty report · Hinge Fitting · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
March 19, 2012
Submitted
April 4, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N576FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48501
Aircraft time
64,304 hours, 13,588 cycles
Part
Hinge Fitting
Part number
ARC050213
Condition
Corroded
Location
Zone 500
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

LEFT WING OTBD FLAP, INBD FORWARD HINGE BRACKET LOWER OTBD STUD HOLE SPOTFACE, FOUND CORRODED. REWORKED AND FOUND EXCEED LIMIT IAW CMM 57-44-08, REV 72. EXISTING THICKNESS 0.415", REMAINING THICKNESS 0.384". MATERIAL REMOVED: FWD 0.002"AND AFT 0.029", MINIMUM ALLOWABLE THICKNESS 0.423". REWORKED CARRIED OUT IAW EA 1-5750-157159, PART 1, STEPS 1, 2, 3, AND 6. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR IAW GMM 6-2-100, REV 114.

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