- Difficulty date
- November 4, 2020
- Submitted
- November 18, 2020
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N272UP
- Make and model
- Doug MD11F
- Aircraft serial
- 48571
- Aircraft time
- 67,779 hours, 17,675 cycles
- Part
- Spar Cap
- Part number
- ARB74172
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Rt Wing
- 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: 4C RT WING AFT LOWER SPAR CAP HAS EXFOLIATION CORROSION INBOARD OF OUTBOARD FLAP OUTBOARD HINGE.REPAIRED CORRODED RT WING REAR SPAR LOWER CAP VERTICAL FLANGE AFT SURFACE, HORIZONTAL AFT FLANGE UPPER AND LOWER SURFACES/BETWEEN XORS 720 & XORS 732, IAW VT-SAA EA 011-5710-01-A8702 REV IR AND UPS EO MD11-5710-78524-A. (MINOR)