SDR 07FDEA04017

Service difficulty report · Stringer Splice · Boeing 727227

Difficulty date: September 19, 2007
Submitted: September 19, 2007
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N489FE
Make and model: Boeing 727227
Aircraft serial: 21492
Aircraft time: 40,944 hours, 26,432 cycles
System (JASC): 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
Part: Stringer Splice
Part number: BAC1498131
Condition: Corroded
Location: Zone 100
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

AFT PIT STA 1010, LBL 23, WL 150 STRINGER SPLICE HAS CORROSION. REMOVED OLD SPLICE, REMOVED CORROSION FROM STRINGER, ORIGINAL MATERIAL .070". REMOVED .005, REMAINING .065", FOUND TO BE WITH IN LIMITS. FABRICATED NEW STRINGER SPLICE, TREATED AND PRIMED, INSTALLED, REF SRM 51-10-2 PG 2, SRM 51-30-2 PG 2, SRM 53-10-1 FIG 5. THIS IS CLASSIFIED AS A MINOR REPAIR. LEVEL 1 CORROSION.