- Difficulty date
- December 5, 2022
- Submitted
- December 23, 2022
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug MD11F
- Aircraft serial
- 48459
- Aircraft time
- 87,671 hours, 21,266 cycles
- Part
- Skin
- Part number
- ARB7573
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Lt Wing
- Part time
- 87,672 hours, 21,266 cycles
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- E
- 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
L/H WING L/E ACCESS PANEL FOR SLAT DRIVE MECHANISM, I/B CORNER CUT OUT, LOWER WING SKIN IS CRACKED. VERIFIED BY NDT. REPAIRED LOWER WING SKIN I/B CORNER CUT OUT OF L/H WING L/E ACCESS PANEL FOR SLAT DRIVE MECHANISM REF MD11 SRM 57-40-01-2R REPAIR 17 FIG. 201, MAJOR REPAIR.