# SDR FDEA202009182243

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: September 18, 2020
- Submitted: September 29, 2020
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N588FE](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N588FE), registered now
- Make and model: Doug MD-11F
- Registry model: [Doug MD-11F](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-md-11f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 48490
- Aircraft time: 87,700 hours, 19,502 cycles
- System (JASC): [5500 · Empennage Structure](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5500)
- Part: Intercostal
- Part number: AJC75825
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Zone 300
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/FDEA202009182243

## Discrepancy

EMPENNAGE,UPON REMOVAL FOR BANJO FITTING REPAIR ACCESS,RIGHT HAND SIDE LOWER WEB PANEL FOUND WITH A CRACKLINE FROM CORNER EDGE AT STATION Y=2164.  RIGHT HAND SIDE LOWER WEB INTERCOSTAL REAR CENTER SPAR TO REAR SPAR CRACK AT STATION Y=2164 REPAIR CARRIED OUT, AS PER EA 1-5530-T0356758 P1.  TITLE: STABILIZERS-VERTICAL STABILIZER-REAR CENTER SPAR TO REAR SPAR LOWER PANEL-CRACK FOUND ON RT INTERCOSTAL.  REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR, PER GMM 6-2-100.

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