What was found
ON REMOVAL OF RT WING NR 8 SLAT, CRACKS FOUND ON RIB AT STATION XOS =1135.6. REMOVED AND REPLACED IAW DRAWING ARB1954 REVISION NC AND EA 1-5750-163529 STEP 5 THRU STEP 10. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR AS PER GMM 6-2-100 REVISION 115.
- Difficulty date
- November 19, 2012
- Submitted
- December 11, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N579FE
- Make and model
- Doug MD11F
- Aircraft serial
- 48470
- Aircraft time
- 65,254 hours, 13,965 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5712 · Wing, Rib/Bulkhead
- Part
- Rib
- Part number
- ARB19544
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Zone 600
- 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.