Service difficulty report · Longeron Splice · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
March 27, 2022
Submitted
March 28, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N594FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48552
Aircraft time
90,001 hours, 18,931 cycles
Part
Longeron Splice
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
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

LOWER CENTER CARGO COMPARTMENT STATION 5-123 LONGERON 50 RIGHT HAND SPLICE FITTING FOUND WITH CRACK . SPLICE FITTING REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH FABRICATED SPLICE AS PER SRM 51-33-01- OG. SPLICE FABRICATED AS PER DOUGLAS DRAWING A5A7114 REVSION J . REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR PER GMM 6-2-100 .

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