Service difficulty report · Support Bracket · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
April 9, 2009
Submitted
April 28, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N279WA
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48756
Part
Support Bracket
Condition
Cracked
Location
Te Flap
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

DURING C-CHECK IN TPE INSPECTION FOUND LEFT WING O/B TRAILING EDGE FLAP I/B FAIRING STRUCTURE HAS TWO BRACKETS CRACKED AT STA YW490.55 (REF EGAT NRC U05071). REPLACED THE TWO BRACKETS ON LEFT WING O/B TRAILING EDGE FLAP I/B FAIRING STRUCTURE IAW MD-11F SRM VOL 2 51-31-01 & 51-35-01 REV 40. COND CHECK NORMAL AND JOB COMPLETED.

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