Service difficulty report · Spar · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
March 5, 2022
Submitted
March 7, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N613FE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48749
Aircraft time
80,760 hours, 19,692 cycles
Part
Spar
Part number
AJC7515503
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 300
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
U
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

DURING ULTRASONIC INSPECTION FOR VERTICAL CRACKS BEHIND SERVICE REPAIR SR10550013 PER DRAWING NUMBER SN10550000 ON LEFT HAND SIDE LOWER VERTICAL STABILIZER FORWORD FLANGE OF UPPER REAR SPAR CAP, STATION 2164, EXISTING CRACK INDICATION FOUND FROM SECOND FASTENER FROM BELOW TO LOWEST FASTENER AND UNABLE TO PROCEED FURTHER INSPECTION DUE TO WEB BLOCKAGE. EFT HAND SIDE LOWER VERTICAL STABILIZER FORWORD FLANGE OF UPPER REAR SPAR CAP, STATION 2164 REPAIR CARRIED OUT AS PER EA#1-5530-T0367400 PART 1. TITLE: STABILIZERS - VERTICAL STABILIZER - CRACK REPAIRS ON VERTICAL STABILIZER REAR SPAIR LHS & RHS FORWARD FLANGES. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR PER GMM 6-2-100.

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