Service difficulty report · Longeron Splice · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
March 12, 2019
Submitted
April 5, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N642FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48485
Aircraft time
66,107 hours, 15,448 cycles
Part
Longeron Splice
Part number
A5A7112523
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cargo Bay
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

LOWER CENTER CARGO COMPARTMENT RIGHT HAND TUNNEL LONGERON 32 RIGHT SPLICE FITTING FOUND CRACK BETWEEN STATION 5-113 TO 1541 AS MARKED CRACK SPLICE FITTING AT LOWER CENTER CARGO COMPARTMENT RIGHT HAND TUNNEL LONGERON 32 RIGHT BETWEEN STATION 5-113 TO 1541 REMOVED AND REPLACED AS PER SRM 51-33-01-OG. SPLICE FITTING FABRICATED AS PER DOUGLAS DRAWING A5A 7112 REVISION D. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR PER GMM 6-2-100

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