Service difficulty report · Skin Splice · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
October 18, 2022
Submitted
October 31, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N596FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48554
Aircraft time
94,421 hours, 20,288 cycles
Part
Skin Splice
Part number
A6A7112511
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 200
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
X
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

RADIOGRAPHY INSPECTION CARRY OUT ON TRANSVERSE SKIN SPLICE AT STATION 6-100 AND FOUND 01 EACH CRACK INDICATION APPROXIMATE 1 INCH IN LENGTH AT RIGHT HAND LONGERON 4 RIGHT FORWARD CENTER SPLICE BETWEEN FASTENER 1 AND 2. CRACKED SPLICE AT STATION 6-100 AT RIGHT HAND LONGERON 4 RIGHT REMOVED AND REPLACED AS PER SRM 51-33-01-0G. SPLICE FABRICATED BY MACHINING AS PER DOUGLAS DRAWING A6A7112 REVISION : A. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR PER GMM 6-2-100. ORIG SUB DATE: 10/29/2022

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