What was found
INSPECTION TYPE:C3, FOUND CRACKED GANG CHANNEL AT THE NR 3 TANK FUEL ACCESS PANEL 639GB, OPENING. REPAIRED CRACKED GANG CHANNEL IAW A.011-5720-A3505, REV IR, AND EO MD11-5720-44640-A.
- Difficulty date
- September 23, 2011
- Submitted
- October 12, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N272UP
- Make and model
- Doug MD11F
- Aircraft serial
- 48571
- Aircraft time
- 49,650 hours, 12,452 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5720 · Wing Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Channel
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuel Tank
- 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.