Service difficulty report · Support Fitting · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
September 12, 2013
Submitted
September 20, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N631FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48454
Aircraft time
89,414 hours, 15,957 cycles
Part
Support Fitting
Part number
AFA71321
Condition
Cracked
Location
Door Frame
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
E
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

DURING OPEN HOLE HIGH FREQUENCY EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION, NR 7 LOWER DOOR FRAME SUPPORT FITTING, FOUND HOLE "D" CRACKED. AFTER REWORK TO SIZE 0.560" CRACK STILL EXISTS. SUPPORT FITTING REMOVED AND REPLACED IAW SRM 51-33-01 REVISION 53. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR IAW GMM 6-2-100 REVISION 117.

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