SDR 95FDEA01467

Service difficulty report · Fail-Safe Chord · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date: September 25, 1995
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N499FE
Make and model: Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial: 21018
System (JASC): 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
Part: Fail-Safe Chord
Part number: 7075T6
Condition: Corroded
Location: Bs 740
Stage of operation: IN
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

CORROSION FWD BAY ON TOP SIDE OF BS 740 FAIL-SAFE CHORD LBL 9 TO LBL 14. ALSO, 4 FASTENERS UNDERSIDE, 2 AT STR 27L AND 2 AT STR 27R, ACCESS IS REQUIRED. REMOVED CORROSION ON FAIL-SAFE CHORD BS 740 FROM LBL 18 RBL 16, FOUND CORROSION TO BE OUT OF LIMITS PER FEDEX SRM 53-10-1. FABRICATED REPAIR PARTS, DRILLED, ALODINED, PRIMED AND INSTALLED IAW FEDEX EA 7-5310-25785.