- Difficulty date
- June 5, 1996
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N495FE
- Make and model
- Boeing 727227
- Aircraft serial
- 21669
- Part
- Gate Beam
- Part number
- 507945288
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fwd Entry Door
- 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
NR 0177. DISCREPANCY: FWD ENTRY DOOR LOWER GATE BEAM HAS CRACK INDICATION ADJACENT TO LOWER FORWARD STOP PM FITTING INBOARD FASTENERS. ****S/D ****** COMING. CORRECTIVE ACTION: REMOVED AND REPLACED FORWARD ENTRY DOOR LOWER GATE BEAM IAW OHM 20-50-01.