Service difficulty report · Support Fitting · Boeing 72722C

Difficulty date
April 19, 2001
Submitted
May 19, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N705DH
Make and model
Boeing 72722C
Aircraft serial
19191
Part
Support Fitting
Condition
Cracked
Location
Lt Mlg
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

AT C-CHECK - LEFT MAIN BEAM WHEEL WELL SUPPORT FITTING BS 930 SHOW'S CRACK AT L-18L, AS MKD LOWER FWD SIDE. CRACK VERIFY BY NDT AS PER 51-000 FIG 1 RUNNING BETWEEN FASTENERS 1 & 2 FROM BOTTOM. LEFT MAIN GEAR WHEEL WELL SUPPORT FITTING BS 930 CRACK HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPAIR IAW BOEING SERVICE BULLETIN 727-53-130. REMOVED CABLES AND QUADRANT MECHANISM OF LT MANUAL DOOR OPEN SYSTEM IAW B727 MM 32-34-01. FOUND CRACK ON FWD VERT O/B FLANGE RUNNING FROM W/W INTO CABIN. REMOVED WEB SECTIONS AT FLOOR LEVEL BETWEEN STA 920 AND 940 LT SIDE FOR ACCESS PER B727 SRM 51-30-2. FOUND AFT HORIZ FLANGE OF 930 FITTING CRACKED AT PRESS WEB AREA. REMOVED FASTENER IN FWD VERT O/B FLANGE FOR ACCESS.

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