SDR FDEA201505291656

Service difficulty report · Longeron Splice · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date: May 29, 2015
Submitted: May 29, 2015
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N642FE
Make and model: Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial: 48485
Aircraft time: 572 hours, 12,688 cycles
System (JASC): 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
Part: Longeron Splice
Part number: A5A7114519
Condition: Cracked
Location: Zone 100
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

CENTER LOWER CARGO COMPARTMENT, LONGERON SPLICE FITTING AT LONGERON 37L, BETWEEN STATIONS 5-113 & 1541 FOUND CRACKED. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE LONGERON SPLICE IAW SRM 51-33-01-0G, DRAWING A5A7114 REVISION J, AND SRM 51-33-01-0G. REPAIR CLASSIFIED MAJOR IAW GMM 6-2-100.

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