Service difficulty report · Support Fitting · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
January 2, 2014
Submitted
January 21, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N574FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48499
Aircraft time
73,600 hours, 16,265 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

MAIN DECK CARGO DOOR LOWER FRAME SUPPORT FITTING DAMAGED. NR 1 HOLE REAMED TO 0.562 INCHES. HIGH FREQUENCY EDDY CURRENT OPEN HOLE INSPECTION CARRIED FOUND CRACK INDICATION STILL EXIST, APPROXIMATELY 0.040 INCH. SUPPORT FITTING REMOVED AND REPLACED IAW SRM 51-33-01 REVISION 53. REPAIR CLASSIFIED MAJOR AS PER GMM 6-2-100 REVISION 119

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