SDR 97ZZZX3350

Service difficulty report · Bulkhead · Boeing 727251

Difficulty date
July 3, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
EE4Y151M
Cooperativa Autogestionaria de Servicios Aeroindus
Aircraft
N259US
Make and model
Boeing 727251
Aircraft serial
19978
Part
Bulkhead
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 1183 Lbl 26
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

THE CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE AFT BULKHEAD VERTICAL BEAM LBL 26.83 WL 257.0. THE CRACK IS ATTRIBUTED TO PRESSURIZATION CYCLES. RECOMMENDATION: THE SB 53-0182 RECOMMENDED TO INSTALL THE PREVENTIVE MODIFICATION AT OR BEFORE 60,000 CYCLES. SUBMITTER RECOMMENDED THE PREVENTIVE MODIFICATION MUST BE INSTALLED AT OR BEFORE 45,000 CYCLES.