SDR 96ZZZM494

Service difficulty report · Frame · Boeing 727228

Difficulty date: February 3, 1996
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N724DH
Make and model: Boeing 727228
Aircraft serial: 19862
System (JASC): 5311 · Fuselage Main, Frame
Part: Frame
Condition: Cracked
Location: Bs 870
Part time: 46,482 hours
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

DURING C-CHECK, HFEC HAS INDICATED CRACKS ONE EACH STATION 870 JUST BELOW STRINGER 9R MAIN FRAME SPLICE OUTBOARD FLANGE, CRACKS LOCATED NEXT TO AFT ROW, ROW 3 NEXT TO BOTTOM HOLE (THIRD HOLE FROM TOP) AT ABOUT 11 O'CLOCK POSITION. REAMED HOLE TO NEXT SIZE .0156 AS PER SRM 51-30-2. PARTIAL REPLACEMENT OF TERMINAL FITTING STRINGER 9 TO STRINGER 12 RIGHT SIDE BS 870 AS PER SB 727-53-0194. COMPLIED WITH SB PER ECD 92-727-5311-006.