Service difficulty report · Tee Fitting · Boeing 7272Q9

Difficulty date
May 17, 2005
Submitted
June 28, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N741DH
Make and model
Boeing 7272Q9
Aircraft serial
21931
Part
Tee Fitting
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
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

VERTICAL BEAM AT BS 1183, LBL 8, HAS A CRACK AT LWR AFT T-SECTION. TERMINATED CRACK BY STOP DRILLING .250 DRILL HOLE AT END OF CRACK IAW B727 SRM 53-01-75 FIG 3 AND SRM 51-10-1, ACCOMPLISHED 727 HFEC INSPECTION AT END OF CRACK FOUND TRIMMED AND DRILLED ANGLES AND RADIUS FILLERS IAW B727 S/B 727-53-0175 REV 3 FIG 3. TREATED AND PRIMED PARTS AND AREA IAW B727 SRM 51-10-2, INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW B727 S/B 727-53-0175 FIG 3.

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