Service difficulty report · Cowl Door · Doug MD1010F

Difficulty date
July 8, 2015
Submitted
July 10, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N375FE
Make and model
Doug MD1010F
Aircraft serial
46613
Aircraft time
918 hours, 38,492 cycles
Part
Cowl Door
Part number
NTL6012505
Part serial
47829
Condition
Missing
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Part time
1,627 hours, 1,123 cycles
Stage of operation
UK
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
D
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AIRCRAFT ARRIVED WITH NR 2 ENG LT FAN COWL MISSING. PERFORMED GVI OF FAN COWL ATTACH POINTS, APPEARS THAT FAN COWL HINGES SEPARATED FROM PYLON STRUCTURE WITH COWLING. UNABLE TO GET A DETAILED CLOSER LOOK AT THIS TIME. ADDING PICTURES TO THE DISCREPANCY. DAMAGE FOUND WHERE LE OF FAN COWL REST ON IN TAKE TUBE AROUND 3 O CLOCK POSITION. PICTURES UPLOADED TO DAMAGE FILE, FURTHER DAMAGE EVALUATION REQUIRED. FAN COWL, HINGES & ALL ATTACH HARDWARE ORDERED.

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