Service difficulty report · Spar · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
July 4, 2022
Submitted
July 21, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N617FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48748
Aircraft time
80,824 hours, 20,233 cycles
Part
Spar
Part number
AJC7515503
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 600
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 REVISION C ON RIGHT HAND SIDE LOWER VERTICAL STABILIZER FORWARD FLANGE OF UPPER REAR SPAR CAP STATION 2164 EXISTING CRACK INDICATION FOUND FROM 2ND FASTENER FROM BELOW TO LOWEST FASTENER AND UNABLE TO PROCEED FURTHER INSPECTION DUE TO WEB BLOCKAGE. RIGHT HAND LOWER VERTICAL STABILIZER FORWARD FLANGE OF UPPER REAR SPAR CAP STATION 2164 . EXISTING CRACK INDICATION FOUND FROM 2ND FASTENER FROM BELOW TO LOWEST FASTENER . EXISTING STOP DRILL AREA TRIMMED OUT AS PER SRM 55-30-02-2R REPAIR 5 FIGURE 201,AND REPAIR CARRIED OUT ON #4 RIGHT BANJO FITTING AS PER SRM 55- 30-02-2R REPAIR 5 FIGURE 204 AND EA # 1-5530-T0369333 P1 TITLE : STABILIZERS - VERTICAL STABILIZER - REAR SPAR LEFT AND RIGHT , BOTH FORWARD AND AFT FLANGES - REPAIR . REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR PER GMM 6-2-100 . CARRY OUT INITIAL INSPECTION AT 5400 FLIGHT CYCLES AND REPETITIVE INSPECTION AT EVERY 2700 FLIGHT CYCLES AS PER SRM 55- 30-02-2R TABLE 203 REPAIR 5 FIGURE 204 .

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