Service difficulty report · Tension Tie · Boeing 727225

Difficulty date
November 14, 2007
Submitted
November 14, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N464FE
Make and model
Boeing 727225
Aircraft serial
21288
Aircraft time
52,271 hours, 37,220 cycles
Part
Tension Tie
Part number
53FX1285
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 200
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 CLIP CRACKED AT FS 480 AND STR 2. REMOVED FASTENERS IN LOWER WEB. REMOVED CRACKED TENSION CLIP, FABRICATED NEW TENSION CLIP AND INSTALLED NEW TENSION CLIP AND FASTENERS IN LOWER WEB. REFERENCE DRAWING NR 53FX1285 AND SRM 51-30-02 CLASSIFIED AS A MAJOR REPAIR.