- Difficulty date
- March 13, 2014
- Submitted
- March 17, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug MD11F
- Aircraft serial
- 48602
- Aircraft time
- 68,641 hours, 15,823 cycles
- Part
- Floor Panel
- Part number
- ABA828711
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Zone 200
- 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
FORWARD FLOOR PANEL IN COURIER FLIGHT COMPARTMENT IS SPONGY WHEN WEIGHT IS APPLIED ON THE AFFECTED AREA. FLOOR PANEL REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-00-50 FIGURE 206 REPAIR 2 REVISION 53. FLOOR PANEL REMOVED AND INSTALLED IAW AMM 53-21-04-4 REVISION 78.0. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR IAW GMM 6-2-100 REVISION 120.