- Difficulty date
- July 5, 2019
- Submitted
- July 26, 2019
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug MD11F
- Aircraft serial
- 48574
- Aircraft time
- 68,775 hours, 13,420 cycles
- Part
- Heat Shield
- Part number
- AUL7235527
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Nr 3 Pylon
- 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:4C #3 ENGINE / PYLON HEAT SHIELD ABOVE COMBUSTION SECTION IS CRACKED AT FASTENER HOLE. REPAIRED CRACKED #3 ENGINE / PYLON HEAT SHIELD ABOVE COMBUSTION SECTION IAW EA 011-7140-01-A7837 REV. IR AND EO MD11-7140-73234-A. (MINOR)