Service difficulty report · Skin Splice · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
July 3, 2017
Submitted
July 3, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N643FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48486
Aircraft time
62,064 hours, 14,149 cycles
Part
Skin Splice
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

DURING AN X-RAY INSPECTION ON TRANSVERSE SKIN SPLICE AT STA 5-0, FOUND ONE CRACK APPROX 5 INCHES ON SPLICE LONGERON 7L AT EDGE OF 3 - 7 FASTENERS. REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-00-05 REPAIR 1 AND EA 1-5310-T0334128 PART 1. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR IAW GMM 6-2-100.

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