Service difficulty report · Longeron · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
March 18, 2021
Submitted
March 29, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N642FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48485
Aircraft time
70,737 hours, 16,823 cycles
Part
Longeron
Part number
ACA37961
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

UPON REMOVAL OF LEFT NOSE TRUNNION REPAIR FILLER , FOUND CRACK AT LONGERON AT STATION 583 AS MARKED . LEFT NOSE LANDING GEAR TRUNNION , CRACK LONGERON REMOVED AT STATION 546 TO STATION 595 AND INSTALLED WITH FABRICATED LONGERON AS PER SRM 51-31-01-0G . LONGERON FABRICATED AS PER DOUGLAS DRAWING ACA 3796 REVISION 'A' . REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR PER GMM 6-2-100 .

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