SDR FDEA202011172887

Service difficulty report · Longeron Splice · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date: November 17, 2020
Submitted: November 24, 2020
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N607FE
Make and model: Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial: 48547
Aircraft time: 86,022 hours, 20,870 cycles
System (JASC): 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
Part: Longeron Splice
Part number: A5A7112511
Condition: Cracked
Location: Zone 100
Stage of operation: IN
How discovered: V
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

CENTER CARGO COMPARTMENT STATION 5-113 TO STATION 5-133 LEFT HAND BETWEEN LONGERON 34 LEFT SPLICE FOUND CRACKED. CENTER CARGO COMPARTMENT STATION 5-113 TO 5-133 LEFT HAND LONGERON 34 LEFT AREA. AREA SPLICE REMOVED AND REPLACED, AS PER SRM 51-33-01-0G. FABRICATED SPLICE, AS PER DOUGLAS DRAWING A5A7112 REVISION: D. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR, PER GMM 6-2-100.

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