Service difficulty report · Frame · Boeing 727222

Difficulty date
October 11, 2000
Submitted
November 2, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N7260U
Make and model
Boeing 727222
Aircraft serial
21407
Aircraft time
65,326 hours, 37,275 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D15
Part
Frame
Condition
Buckled
Location
Fuselage
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

ON OCTOBER 11 A CART COLLIDED WITH THE AIRCRAFT. IT MADE A HOLE IN THE AIRCRAFT FOUR FEET AFT OF THE AC POWER PLUG. THE BS 328 FRAME WEB AND FAIL-SAFE CHORD WERE BUCKLED AND CRACKED ALONG A 12 INCH SECTION ADJ TO STRINGER 22R. THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS PUNCTURED AND CRACKED LENGTHWISE BETWEEN BS 301 AND 341 AND CIRCUMFERENTIALLY BETWEEN WL 162 AND 173. *S/D* THE FRAME WEB WAS REPAIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 727 SRM 53-10-4, FIGURES 1 AND 11. THE FAIL-SAFE CHORD WAS REPAIRED PER 727 SRM 51-40-3, FIGURE 1. A REPAIR DOUBLER WAS INSTALLED EXTERNALLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH 727 SRM 53-30-3, FIGURE 3.