SDR FDEA202012153160

Service difficulty report · Longeron Splice · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date: December 15, 2020
Submitted: December 31, 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: ADA8424501
Condition: Cracked
Location: Fwd 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

FORWARD CARGO COMPARTMENT-LONGITUDINAL SPLICE AT STATION 6-0, LONGERON 39 LEFT FOUND CRACK. FORWARD CARGO COMPARTMENT AT STATION 6-0, CRACKED LONGERON 39 LEFT SPLICE. REMOVED AND REPLACED, AS PER SRM 51-33-01-0G. SPLICE FABRICATED BY MACHINING, AS PER DOUGLAS DRAWING ADA 8424 REVISION A. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR, PER GMM 6-2-100.

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