What was found
RIGHT WING OTBD FLAP, INBD FORWARD HINGE BRACKET ACTUATOR ATTACH OTBD LUG BORE FOUND EXCEEDED LIMIT AFTER BUSHING REMOVED. REPAIRED IAW EA 1-5750-75980 REVISION A PART 2. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR IAW GMM 6-2-100 REVISION 115.
- Difficulty date
- November 19, 2012
- Submitted
- December 12, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N579FE
- Make and model
- Doug MD11F
- Aircraft serial
- 48470
- Aircraft time
- 65,254 hours, 13,965 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5753 · Trailing Edge Flaps
- Part
- Hinge Bracket
- Part number
- ARC050214
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Rt Wing Te Flap
- 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.