Service difficulty report · Beam · Boeing 727200

Difficulty date
March 23, 2003
Submitted
April 17, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N741DH
Make and model
Boeing 727200
Aircraft serial
21931
Aircraft time
44,384 hours, 35,863 cycles
Part
Beam
Condition
Cracked
Location
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

DURING C-CHECK DISCREPANCY AS FOLLOWS, RT MLG BEAM OUTBOARD TO REAR SPAR SUPPORT FITTING IS CRACKED UPPER INBOARD CORNER OF THE CUTOUT. ROUND OUT REMOVAL AREA TO A .375 INCH RADIUS AND BLENDED OUT UPPER AND LOWER AREA OF DAMAGE WITH .3888 INCH DEPTH REMOVAL OF CRACK MATERIAL IAW S/B 727-57-167. HEFC INSP BLEND OUT PER B-727 NDT PT6 51-00-00 FIG 4. NO CRACK REMAINING, REMOVED AN ADDITIONAL .030 INCH OF MATERIAL TO ENSURE REMOVAL OF UNDETECTABLE REMAIN OF CRACK END IAW S/B 727-57-167. BARE METAL TREATED AND PRIMED IAW B-727 SRM 51-10-2. NOTE: AT APPROXIMATELY EVERY C-CHECK DO A CLOSE VISUAL AND EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION FOR FURTHER CRACKING IN THE CRACK REMOVAL AREA OF FITTING, SPAR WEB, AND FWD SUPPORT FITTIN

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