Service difficulty report · Longeron Splice · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
November 25, 2019
Submitted
December 13, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N610FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48603
Aircraft time
82,794 hours, 20,112 cycles
Part
Longeron Splice
Part number
A6A7112511
Condition
Cracked
Location
200
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
X
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

01 EACH CRACK INDICATION APPROXIMATELY 1 INCH LENGTH FOUND DURING X-RAY INSPECTION AT STATION Y = 6-100 , LONGERON - 3 LEFT CENTER SPLICE FORWARD SECTION BETWEEN FASTENER NUMBER 6 AND NUMBER 7 . CRACKED LONGERON SPLICE AT STATION Y = 6-100 , LONGERON 3 LEFT . REMOVED AND REPLACED AS PER SRM 51-33-01-0G . LONGERON SPLICE FABRICATED BY MACHINING AS PER DOUGLAS DRAWING A6A7112 REVISION A . REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR PER GMM 6-2-100 .

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