Service difficulty report · Fitting · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
April 28, 2019
Submitted
May 10, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N572FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48755
Aircraft time
70,877 hours, 14,851 cycles
Part
Fitting
Part number
ACA7017501
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nlg Ww
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
E
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

HFEC INSPECTION CARRIED OUT AT LEFT HAND NOSE LANDING GEAR TRUNNION FITTING AT STATION Y = 595 EXISTING REPAIR FOUND CRACK PROPAGATE 0.2" IN LENGTH BEYOND THE EXISTING TRIM OUT AREA. CRACK AT LEFT HAND NOSE LANDING GEAR TRUNNION FITTING AT STATION Y = 595 REPAIR CARRIED OUT AS PER EA 1-5310-T0316295 A PART 3 TITLE : FUSELAGE - MAIN FRAME - LT NLG TRUNNION FITTING CRACK INSPECTION AND REPAIR. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR PER GMM 6- 2-100. TO CARRY OUT INITIAL ISPECTION AT 1,500 FLIGHT CYCLES AND REPEAT INSPECT EVERY 1,500 FLIGHT CYCLES BY HFEC OR LIQUID PENETRANT METHOD PER SRM 53-10-14-2R TABLE 201 REPAIR 2 FIGURE 202.

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