SDR 97FDEA00230

Service difficulty report · Gusset · Boeing 727277

Difficulty date: April 1, 1997
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N245FE
Make and model: Boeing 727277
Aircraft serial: 22016
System (JASC): 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
Part: Gusset
Part number: 69174065
Condition: Cracked
Location: Bs 783.95
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 0526 002. LEFT STA 783.95 FRAME GUSSET CRACKED AT 2ND FASTENER HOLE ABOVE FLOOR LINE, APPROXIMATELY WL 210, UPPER LOBE ON INBD CHORD OF FRAME. FASTENER HOLE ENLARGED 4/32 O.S. (MAX) PER E.O. 7-5310-7-3367, PT 3. HFEC INDICATES CRACK STILL PRESENT. REPAIRED FRAME PER E.O. 7-5310-7-3367B, PT 9 BY INSTALLATION OF REPAIR/MOD KIT - TERMINATING ACTION ACCOMPLISHED (65C36280). GROUP 2 AIRPLANE.