Service difficulty report · Structure · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
April 23, 2008
Submitted
April 23, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N498FE
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
20867
Aircraft time
56,536 hours, 46,536 cycles
Part
Structure
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 2 Nacelle
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

NR 2 ENGINE LEFT FWD COWLING OUTER AFT CORNER MULTIPLE LAYERS OF SHEET METAL ARE CRACKED. REMOVED DAMAGED AREA REF SRM 51-40-2. MATERIAL ID AT 2024 T3 .080 REF SRM 65-10-3 A48140 FOR DOUBLER. MATERIAL ID AT 2024 T3 .100 A 11734 REF SRM 54-30-2 FOR FILLER. TREATED AND PRIMED DOUBLER AND FILLER REF SRM 51-10-2 PG 7 PG 2. INSTALLED DOUBLER AND FILLER WET WITH SEALANT REF SRM 54-10-3 PG 24. APPLIED TEFLON FINISH REF AMM 51-20-071-7. FABRICATION OF DOUBLER SRM 54-10-3, FILLER SRM 51-30-3. THIS IS CLASSIFIED AS A MINOR REPAIR.