- Difficulty date
- September 5, 2007
- Submitted
- October 29, 2007
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug MD11F
- Aircraft serial
- 48456
- Aircraft time
- 78,001 hours, 12,487 cycles
- Part
- Structure
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Horizontal Stab
- 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:C EMP - LT HORZ STAB NR 36 BARREL NUT BORE FOUND CORROSIONS. TORQUE BOX WEB CUT FOR ACCESS. CORROSION AT BARREL NUT BORE REMOVED. BORE REAM & REMAINING BLEND OUT FOUND EXCEEDS LIMITS. 10X MAGNIFICATION DETAIL VISUAL INSP C/OUT FOUND NO CORROSION. BARREL NUT BORE BLEND OUT VOIDS & BOTTOM PERIPHERY RADIUS SMOOTHENED & PROTECTED. C/OUT FR PRIMER TOUCH UP AT BARREL NUT BORE. REPAIR SLEEVE BUSHING.