Service difficulty report · Stringer Splice · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
May 1, 2008
Submitted
May 1, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N498FE
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
20867
Aircraft time
56,536 hours, 46,536 cycles
Part
Stringer Splice
Part number
65562385
Condition
Corroded
Location
Zone 100
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

FWD PIT STRINGER SPLICE AT 27L GOING THROUGH STA 680 CORRODED ON OUTBD SIDE REMOVED CORROSION FROM ORIGINAL THICKNESS OF 0.064 INCH FROM BUTT SPLICE STRAP WITH 0.054" REMAINING. OUT-OF-LIMITS DUE TO "NO REWORK PERMITTED IN BUTT SPLICE STRAP". FABRICATED REPAIR DOUBLER, TREATED, PRIMED AND INSTALLED, REFERENCE SRM 53-30-1 FIGURE NR 1 AND EA NR 7-5330-118259. REMOVED CORROSION ON STRINGER SPLICE, FROM ORIGINAL THICKNESS OF 0.056 WITH 0.052 INCH REMAINING, 0.004 LOSS AND IS WITHIN LIMITS. REFERENCE SRM 53-10-1/PAGES 1-2A. CLASSIFIED AS A MAJOR REPAIR.