Service difficulty report · Structure · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
January 8, 2016
Submitted
February 1, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N587FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48489
Aircraft time
76,460 hours, 17,202 cycles
Part
Structure
Part number
ACA7017502
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 100
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
E
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

AGEING ACFT, EXISTING REPAIR AT NLG RT TRUNNION FITTING, STATION 595. EVALUATED & FOUND PREVIOUSLY ACCOMPLISHED IAW SRM 53-10-14-2R FIG 202 REPAIR 2. HOWEVER, AFTER HFEC INSPECTION CARRIED OUT, FOUND CRACK PROPAGATED APPROX 0.2" LENGTH. EXISTING REPAIR FILLER REMOVED IAW SRM 51-33-01-0G. NEW REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED IAW EA 1-5310-107815A PT 3. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR IAW GMM 6-2-100. REFER TO WRI 53103256 FOR WORK DETAILS.

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