SDR FDEA202012103101

Service difficulty report · Longeron Splice · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date: December 10, 2020
Submitted: December 23, 2020
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N599FE
Make and model: Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial: 48598
Aircraft time: 85,075 hours, 17,838 cycles
System (JASC): 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
Part: Longeron Splice
Part number: A5A7114511
Condition: Cracked
Location: Center Cargo
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 1541 RIGHT HAND LONGERON 49 SPLICE FOUND CRACK CENTER CARGO COMPARTMENT AT STATION 5-113 TO STATION 1541. CRACKED LONGERON 49 RIGHT SPLICE REMOVED AND REPLACED, AS PER SRM 51-33-01-0G. LONGERON 49 RIGHT SPLICE FABRICATED, AS PER DOUGLAS DRAWING A5A 7114 REVISION J BY MACHINING. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR, PER GMM 6-2-100.

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