- Difficulty date
- October 23, 2009
- Submitted
- November 25, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug MD11F
- Aircraft serial
- 48633
- Aircraft time
- 54,638 hours, 9,536 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW4462
- Part
- Fitting
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 595-597
- 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
CRACK - FITTING NLG TRUNNION FITTING, LT SIDE STA Y= 595 L= 2. IAW AMM 32-21-01-000-801 REV 65 RMV NOSE LANDING GEAR. REPAIRED CRACK AREA IAW MD11 SRM 53-10-14 REV 41 FIG 202 REPAIR 2. RE-INSTALLED NOSE LANDING GEAR ASSY REF EGAT NRC U05011.