- Difficulty date
- May 28, 2015
- Submitted
- May 28, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug MD11F
- Aircraft serial
- 48485
- Aircraft time
- 572 hours, 12,688 cycles
- Part
- Skin
- Part number
- A6A7112511
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- X
- 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
CRACK INDICATION APPROX 1.0" RESPECTIVELY IN LENGTH, FOUND DURING X-RAY INSPECTION AT STATION 6 - 100, LONGERON 3R STRINGER SPLICE. REMOVED IAW SRM 51-33-01-0G. NEW STRINGER SPLICE MACHINE FABRICATED IAW DWG A6A7112 REVISION A. NEW STRINGER SPLICE INSTALLED IAW SRM 51-33-01-0G. REPAIR CLASSIFIED MAJOR IAW GMM 6-2-100.