Service difficulty report · Spar Cap · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
January 11, 2013
Submitted
January 15, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N643FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48486
Aircraft time
51,635 hours, 10,725 cycles
System (JASC)
5711 · Wing Spar
Part
Spar Cap
Part number
1042
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt Wing
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

1.625" CRACK RT WING AT STATION XROS 1042. REMOVED AND TEMP INSTALLED TANK PLATE 639EB. REQUIRES HFEC SURFACE PROBE INSPECTION OF R/S CAP HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL FLANGES FOR DISCONTINUITIES. REPORT TO ENGINEERING IF ANY FINDINGS. PERFORMED HFEC REF SIDM 20-30-00 OF RT R/S CAP TO IDENTIFY ENDS OF INDICATIONS. INDICATION RUNS HORIZONTALLY IN THE RADIUS OF THE CAP BETWEEN THE 2 LINES MARKED ON THE CAP NOTED IN THE PICTURE, ATTACHED TO ERS 13-00074. RT WING OTBD REAR LOWER SPAR CAP AT XORS 1044.9-1046.275 CRACK INTERIM REPAIR.

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