What was found
DURING X-RAY INSPECTION ON THE TRANSVERSE SKIN SPLICE STA 5-0, FOUND A CRACK INDICATION AT LONGERON SPLICE 1L. THE LONGERON SPLICE REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-00-05-2R, FIGURE 202, REPAIR 1. THE REPAIR WAS CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR IAW GMM 6-2-100.
- Difficulty date
- July 11, 2017
- Submitted
- July 19, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N522FE
- Make and model
- Doug MD11F
- Aircraft serial
- 48476
- Aircraft time
- 78,546 hours, 14,290 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Longeron Splice
- Part number
- AEA74761
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Zone 200
- 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.