Service difficulty report · Trim Motor · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
May 1, 2020
Submitted
May 7, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N617FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48748
Aircraft time
75,563 hours, 18,801 cycles
Part
Trim Motor
Part number
418575
Part serial
MX328050C
Condition
Cracked
Location
Horiz Stab
Part time
487 hours, 133 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

2:00 INTO FLT, FLT 370 HYD 3 ELEV OFF ALER. HYD SYS 3 WAS AT 3.9 OVER NEXT FIVE MINUTES DROPPED TO 3.6. DEPRESSURIZED SYS UNTIL LANDING. AFTER LANDING QTY WAS DOWN TO 1.0 FOUND HYDRAULIC FLUID MISTING IN TAIL AREA AROUND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER TRIM MOTORS. FOUND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER TRIM MOTOR 1 BODY CRACKED AT MATING FLANGE ATTACH POINTS. REMOVED HS TRIM MOTOR SN MX-328050C. REF MD11 AMM 27-43-30-4 COMPLETE UP TO STEP 3, READY FOR TRIM MOTOR INSTALLATION. INSTALLED TRIM MOTOR. PERFORMED OPS CHECK. CHECKS NORMAL NO LEAKS NOTED. REF AMM 27-43-30-4.

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