- Difficulty date
- June 17, 2002
- Submitted
- August 16, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug MD11F
- Aircraft time
- 37,451 hours, 6,971 cycles
- Part
- Intercostal
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Fuselage
- 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:C, FWD CARGO COMPT LT INTERCOSTAL BETWEEN STA 840-859 LONGERON 32 FOUND CORRODED. CORROSION FOUND EXCEEDING LIMIT AT STA 840-859 LONGERON 32 IAW SRM 53-00 -01 FIG 4 VOL 1 REV 31. INTERCOSTAL REMOVED, FABRICATED NEW INTERCOSTAL IAW DWG ACA7043 AND NEW INTERCOSTAL INSTALLED IAW SRM 51-35-01 VOL II REV 31.