Service difficulty report · Longeron Splice · Doug MD11F
FAA SDR system
- Difficulty date
- November 6, 2012
- Submitted
- November 19, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug MD11F
- Aircraft serial
- 48490
- Aircraft time
- 68,536 hours, 13,554 cycles
- Part
- Longeron Splice
- Part number
- A5A7116501
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Zone 100
- 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
CENTER CARGO BAY BS 5-123, L44L LONGERON SPLICE FOUND CRACKED. LONGERON SPLICE REMOVED IAW SRM 51-31-01 REVISION 50 AND INSTALLED WITH NEW FABRICATED LONGERON SPLICE IAW SRM 51-33-01 REVISION 50. LONGERON SPLICE FABRICATED IAW DRAWING A5A7116 REVISION D. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR IAW GMM 6-2-100 REVISION 115.