Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
July 14, 2018
Submitted
July 19, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N605FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48514
Aircraft time
80,858 hours, 19,323 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
NMC75443
Condition
Corroded
Location
Rudder
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

UPPER AFT RUDDER ASSEMBLY LT UPPER SKIN FOUND WITH CORROSION AT APPROX ZAR 554.920. CORROSION REMOVED PER SRM 51-21-01-0G AND FOUND EXCEEDED ALLOWABLE LIMITS AS PER SRM 55-00-00-2R FIG 202. ORIGINAL THK 0.016", THK REMOVED 0.015", THK REMAINED 0.001". CARRIED OUT REPAIR AS PER SRM 55-40-01-2R FIG 201 REPAIR 2 AND EA 1-5540-T0341022 P1. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR PER GMM 6-2-100.

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