Service difficulty report · Repair · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
January 5, 2006
Submitted
January 6, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N498FE
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
20867
Aircraft time
54,698 hours, 45,072 cycles
Part
Repair
Condition
Unknown
Location
Krueger 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

FOUND PREVIOUSLY REPAIR INSTALLED AT NR 3 KRUGER FLAP WAS ACCOMPLISHED IAW SRM 57- 50-3, FIG 3 BASED ON AN EXTERNAL VISUAL EVALUATION CONSISTS OF LOCATION, TYPE, SIZE, SHAPE, MATERIAL THICKNESS AND TYPE, FASTENER NUMBER AND SPACING, GENERAL WORKMANSHIP, REPAIR IS CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR.