- Difficulty date
- October 7, 2013
- Submitted
- October 21, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N270UP
- Make and model
- Doug MD11F
- Aircraft serial
- 48576
- Aircraft time
- 49,219 hours, 12,784 cycles
- Part
- Fitting
- Part number
- ARB7770503
- Part serial
- APL574
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Lt Winglet
- 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.
What was found
INSPECTION TYPE:1C, LT LOWER WINGLET AFT ATTACH FITTING CRACKED. ACCOMPLISHED PERMANENT REPAIR BY REMOVING AND REPLACING LT WING LOWER WINGLET FWD AND AFT ATTACH FITTINGS IAW EA 011-5740-01-A4971, REV I/R AND EO'S MD11-5740-52499-A AND MD11-5720-27680-C, APPX D.