SDR 03FDEA00905

Service difficulty report · Frame · Boeing 727200

Difficulty date: June 18, 2003
Submitted: June 20, 2003
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N492FE
Make and model: Boeing 727200
Aircraft serial: 21530
Aircraft time: 35,970 hours, 24,123 cycles
System (JASC): 5311 · Fuselage Main, Frame
Part: Frame
Condition: Cracked
Location: Fuselage
Stage of operation: IN
How discovered: V
Nature of condition: O
Precautionary procedure: K

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What was found

N00801 FRAME AT BS 640, LBL 3, WL 155 IS CRACKED ON UPPER FLANGE IN RADIUS. CUTOUT CRACKED PORTION OF FRAME IN AREA OF 2.2 INCHES X 1.8 INCHES. FABRICATED, ALODINED, PRIMED AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER ON FRAME BS 640, LBL 3, W/L 155 IAW SRM 51-40-3 FIG 1 AND 51-30-2 STEPS 4 AND 7.

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