What was found
DURING BUSHING REMOVAL, LEFT WING INBD FLAP, AFT OTBD HINGE BRACKET PIVOT OTBD LUG BORE FOUND CORRODED BEYOND LIMITS. ACCOMPLISHED BUSHING REPAIR PER EA 1-5750-162394 PART 1. REPAIR CLASSIFIED A MAJOR PER 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
- ARC2512503
- Part serial
- 48602
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Lt 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.