- Difficulty date
- September 23, 2012
- Submitted
- September 24, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug MD11F
- Aircraft serial
- 48481
- Aircraft time
- 69,546 hours, 14,423 cycles
- Part
- Bushing
- Condition
- Worn
- Location
- Rt Wing Te Flap
- Component
- Hinge Fitting · Doug
- Component part number
- ARC2512504
- 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
RT INBD FLAP OTBD AFT (FLAP SIDE) HINGE PIVOT INBD BUSHING WORN. WORN BUSHING REMOVED IAW CMM 20-20-07 REV 74. HOLE MEASURED AND FOUND EXCEED LIMIT IAW CMM 57-52-03 REV 74. EXISTING HOLE DIAMETER 1.255", MAXIMUM HOLE DIAMETER 1.220". NEW BUSHING FABRICATED AND INSTALLED IAW EA 1-5750-162593 PART 1. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR IAW GMM 6-2-100, REV 115.