Service difficulty report · Fitting · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
October 6, 2018
Submitted
October 19, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N523FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48479
Aircraft time
79,663 hours, 15,438 cycles
Part
Fitting
Part number
AJC7515501
Condition
Cracked
Location
Vertical Stab
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
E
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

HIGH FREQUENCY EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION CARRIED OUT ON RIGHT SPAR CAP FORWARD FLANGE LOCATED AT THE UPPER SECTION OF THE NR 4 BANJO FITTING OF THE LOWER VERTICAL STABILIZER, STATION Y=2164 AND FOUND CRACK APPROXIMATELY 2" LENGTH AS MARKED. RT REAR SPAR CAP FORWARD FLANGE LOCATED AT UPPER SECTION OF THE NR 4 BANJO FITTING OF THE LWR VERTICAL STABILIZER STA Y=2164 CRACKED APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES TRIMMED AS PER SRM 55-30-02-2R FIGURE 201 REPAIR 5 AND REPAIR CARRIED OUT AS PER SRM 55-30-02-2R, FIGURE 202 REPAIR 5. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR PER GMM 6-2-100. TO CARRY OUT INITIAL INSPECTION AT 5,400 FLIGHT CYCLES AND REPETITIVE INSPECTION AT EVERY 2,700 FLIGHT CYCLES AS PER SRM 55-30-02-2R TABLE 203 REPAIR 5, FIGURE 202. METHOD OF INSPECTION BY ULTRASONIC AND HFEC PER SN10550000.

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