Service difficulty report · Longeron · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
March 25, 2009
Submitted
April 15, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N259UP
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48417
Aircraft time
63,859 hours, 11,594 cycles
Part
Longeron
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

INSPECTION TYPE:C FWD CARGO, LONGERON 52 AT STA 959-979 6 O'CLOCK POSITION FOUND CORROSION AND CRACKED AS MARKED. ATTACH CORROSION LONG FASTENERS AND AREA PARTS REMOVED STA 949 AND STA 10 29 LONG TRIM REMOVED. HFEC C/O ON TRIM OFF AREA, FOUND NO CRACK EVIDENT. REPAIR LONGERON AND 2 LONGERON SPLICE FAB AND FPI C/O ON BOTH. FOUND NO CRACK EVIDENT. REPAIR LONGERON AND 2 SPLICE INSTALLED PER SRM 53-10-00 FIG 1, VOL I, REV 40. ITEM TRANSFERRED TO MPI CONTROL NR P20504.

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