Service difficulty report · Skin · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
May 26, 2019
Submitted
June 8, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N598FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48597
Aircraft time
81,789 hours, 16,867 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
ARB2887503
Condition
Cracked
Location
Lt Wing
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
E
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

HFEC INSPECTION CARRY OUT AND FOUND CRACK APPROXIMATELY 1/4" IN LENGTH AT LEFT HAND SIDE CORNER NUMBER 11 FUEL ACCESS DOOR FORWARD INBOARD CORNER. REPAIR CARRIED OUT AT LEFT HAND SIDE CORNER NO.11 FUEL ACCESS DOOR FORWARD INBOARD CORNER AT XOS 586 AS PER SRM 57-40-01-2R FIGURE 201 REPAIR 18. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR PER GMM 6-2-100. TO CARRY OUT INITIAL INSPECTION AT NEXT ' C ' CHECK NOT EXCEEDING 24 MONTHS AND REPETITIVE INSPECTION EVERY ' C ' CHECK NOT EXCEEDING 24 MONTHS BY VISUAL METHOD AS PER SRM 57-40-01-2R FIGURE 201 REPAIR 18 TABLE 204.

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