Service difficulty report · Stiffener · Boeing 7272D4

Difficulty date
November 12, 2008
Submitted
November 13, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N287FE
Make and model
Boeing 7272D4
Aircraft serial
21849
Aircraft time
39,962 hours, 27,597 cycles
Part
Stiffener
Part number
65672313
Condition
Cracked
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

FWD PIT DOOR CUTOUT FWD FRAME CLOSURE WEB FWD LOWER ANGLE STIFFENER CRACKED AT 4 LOWER INTERCOSTAL CUTOUTS BS 555. REMOVED CRACKED STIFFENER, FABRICATED NEW STIFFENER, BACK DRILLED TRIMMED TO FIT. ALSO, FABRICATED NEW FRAME CLIP FOR NEW STIFFENER, CLASSIFIED AS A MINOR REPAIR. ALSO, FABRICATED DOUBLER FOR NEW END OF STIFFENER FOR ALIGNMENT OF HOLES, REF DWG 65-67231, DWG 69-4745-3, AND SRM 51-40-3P 2-6.

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