What was found
AFT AIRSTAIR AREA AT STA 1223 RIGHT SIDE UPPER LIGHTENING HOLE IS CRACKED IN TAIL COMPARTMENT VERTICAL WEB. REPAIRED CRACK IN LIGHTENING HOLE WEB BY INSTALLING A DOUBLER PLATE IAW BOEING 727-200 SRM 53-10-02.
- Difficulty date
- April 17, 2003
- Submitted
- April 21, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N218FE
- Make and model
- Boeing 727200
- Aircraft serial
- 21101
- Aircraft time
- 52,267 hours, 28,697 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Web
- Condition
- Cracked
- 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.