What was found
CRACK LOCATED NEAR FASTENER AT STA 480. INSTALLED DOUBLER AND TRIPLER PER MAJOR SHEETMETAL REPAIR SPECIFICATIONS SRM 53-30-03 FIG 3A AND FIG 24. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED.
- Difficulty date
- May 31, 2001
- Submitted
- June 7, 2001
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N7257U
- Make and model
- Boeing 727222
- Aircraft serial
- 21404
- Aircraft time
- 66,715 hours, 38,023 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa JT8D15
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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