Service difficulty report · Longeron Splice · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
March 15, 2019
Submitted
April 3, 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
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 100
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 BILGE AREA LONGERON 44 LEFT SPLICE FITTING FOUND CRACK BETWEEN STATION 5-113 TO 1541 AS MARKED CRACKED SPLICE FITTING AT LOWER CENTER CARGO COMPARTMENT BILGE AREA LONGERON 44 LEFT BETWEEN STATION 5-113 TO 1541 REMOVED AND REPLACED AS PER SRM 51-33-01-0G. SPLICE FABRICATED AS PER DRAWING A5A 7116 REVISION D. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR PER GMM 6-2-100.

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