N053FE
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
No operator established for this aircraft.
Accident & incident history
No NTSB accidents or incidents on file for this aircraft.
Maintenance disclosures
Service Difficulty Reports filed with the FAA for this airframe. Filing is largely voluntary — the number of reports is not a measure of reliability. To verify a report, search its control number at the FAA SDRS site.
8 reports on file, 1997-12-30 – 2001-08-15.
Part: SUPPORT — CRACKED (FUSELAGE)
MAIN CABIN FLOORBEAM SUPPORT CRACKED AT BS 1259, LBL 83.
Part: WARNING LIGHT — ILLUMINATED (COCKPIT)
AFT T/O MAIN CARGO -A- LIGHT BLINK INTERMITTENTLY. RELEASE FOR SERVICE PER MEL/CDL.
Part: TRANSMITTER — FAILED (NR 2 ENGINE T/R)
NR 2 ENGINE THRUST REVERSER FAILED TO CLOSE AFTER LANDING, REVERSER UNLOCK & REVERSER 2 VALVE OPEN CAUTION LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. C/W RED TABS PROC. ** S/D ** R&R THRUST REVERSER. SYS CK GOOD.
Part: SKIN — DELAMINATED (ELEVATOR)
LT OUTBOARD, ELEVATOR HAS DELAMINATION ALONG TRAILING EDGE. REPAIRED AND BALANCED PER DC10 SRM 55-30-00 VOL I, SRM 55-20-00.
Part: BELLFRAME — CORRODED (BS 1781)
NR 304 CENTER CARGO COMP SUMP DRAIN AREA AT BS 1781, LONGERON 50L THROUGH 50R BELLFRAME HAS INTERGRANULAR CORROSION. REMOVED J CAP AT BS 1781. FAB NEW SECTION OF J CAP PER SRM 53-30-00. INSTALLED J CAP AND REPAIR SPLICES PER SRM 53-30-00.
Part: ENGINE — FAILED (NR 3)
IN LEVEL CRUISE AT FL350 AND APPROX M.83 NR 3 ENG APPEARED TO FLAMEOUT. ENG INDICATORS STABILIZED AT APPROX N1 33 PERCENT, EGT 530, NR 65 PERCENT, F/F 600. RED TAB CK LIST ACCOMPLISHED AND ENG RESTARTED AT FL 280. INSP INT AND EXH BOTH CK'D GOOD. FOUND VSV FEEDBACK CABLE OUT OF LIMITS. REMOVED AND REPLACED SAME PER M/M 75-31-01. CK'D CDP LINES FOR BLOCKAGE AND PERFORMED MAX PWR RUN PER JRH. ALL PARAMETERS NORMAL.
Part: BULKHEAD TEE — CRACKED (BS 1156)
FUSELAGE BULKHEAD TEE CAP, RT SIDE, STA Y1156, FWD OF LONGERON 39, CANTED VERTICAL LEG HAS HFEC CRACK INDICATIONS 2 PLACES AT INBOARD FASTENER LOWER ROW. ONE MOVES INB, SECOND MOVES INB AND DOWN TO RADIUS. SEEN FROM AFT SIDE. REF EO 8-5310-7-3327 PT 2.
Part: FITTING — CRACKED (NR 3 PYLON)
NR 3 PYLON TRUSS FITTING OUTBOARD HALF HAS CRACK INDICATION UPPER AFT HOLE AT FORWARD END OF FITTING. CRACK INDICATION AT 6 O'CLOCK POSITION IN HOLE. REF EO 8-5410-7-3323. *S/D* CLEANED HOLE PER SRM 54-10-01 ET. INSPECTED (AFTER) CLEANING. NO CRACK INDICATION IN BOLT HOLE.