What was found
RIGHT WING NR 5 SLAT INNER NR 8 RIB FROM INBOARD WAS FOUND CRACKED, FOUND DURING A BORESCOPE INSPECTION. THE NR 8 RIB WAS REPAIRED IAW EA 1-5750-T0350343 P1. THE REPAIR WAS CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR IAW GMM 6-2-100.
- Difficulty date
- October 2, 2019
- Submitted
- November 11, 2019
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N586FE
- Make and model
- Doug MD11F
- Aircraft serial
- 48487
- Aircraft time
- 87,323 hours, 20,619 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5754 · Leading Edge Devices
- Part
- Rib
- Part number
- ARB17754
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Rt Nr 5 Slat
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- B
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.