Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
April 10, 2012
Submitted
April 10, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N577FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48469
Aircraft time
60,991 hours, 13,172 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
AJC75825
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.

What was found

LOWER VERTICAL STABILIZER FOUND RT SIDE REAR CENTER SPAR TO REAR SPAR LOWER PANEL CRACKED. REPAIR CARRIED OUT IAW SRM 55-30-02, FIG 201, REPAIR 2, REV 49. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR IAW GMM 6-2-100, REV 114. NR 2 ENGINE FIRE DETECTION CONTROL UNIT CARRIED OUT BITE TEST IAW AMM 26-11-02-700-801, REV 72.0. NR 2 ENGINE GROUND IDLE RUN CARRIED OUT IAW AMM 71-02-03-700-870, REV 72.0 FOUND SATISFACTORY.

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