Service difficulty report · Spar · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
May 3, 2020
Submitted
May 18, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N615FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48767
Aircraft time
75,443 hours, 18,388 cycles
Part
Spar
Part number
AJC7515503
Condition
Cracked
Location
Vertical Stab
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
U
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

ULTRASONIC INSPECTION FOUND CRACK INDICATION ON LOWER VERTICAL STABILIZER # 4 BANJO FITTING LEFT HAND SIDE FORWARD FLANGE REPAIR AREA AND UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CRACK LENGTH DUE TO REPAIR BLOCKAGE AT APPROXIMATE STATION Y = 2164 EXISTING CRACK FOUND DURING ULTRASONIC INSPECTION ON LOWER VERTICAL STABILIZER # 4 BANJO FITTING LEFT HAND SIDE FORWARD FLANGE PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED AREA AT APPROXIMATE STATION Y = 2164 REPAIRED AS PER ENGINEERING AUTHORIZATION # 1-5530- T0354042 PART1 TITLE : STABILIZERS - VERTICAL STABILIZER - CRACK REPAIR ON VERTICAL STABILIZER REAR SPAR LHS FWD AND AFT FLANGES. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR PER GMM 6-2-100.

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