- Difficulty date
- August 9, 2006
- Submitted
- September 1, 2006
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N745DH
- Make and model
- Boeing 727224
- Aircraft serial
- 20665
- Aircraft time
- 72,477 hours, 48,361 cycles
- Part
- Structure
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- T/E Flap
- 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
RIGHT INBD MIDFLAP AFT LWR CHORD, WBL 100, 2 CRACK INDICATIONS. REMOVED DAMAGED LWR CHORD AT WBL 100 IAW B727 SRM 51-30-2. FAB NEW LWR CHORD SECTION FROM P/N BAC1517-1507 APPROX DIM 4 BY 1 BY 7/8 INCHES IAW B727 SRM 57-50-2 FIGURE 5 AND SRM 51-20-1 FIGURE 2. TREATED AND PRIMED NEW LOWER CHORD IAW B727 SRM 51-10-2. INSTALLED NEW LOWER CHORD SECTION AT RT MIDFLAP WBL 100 IAW B727 SRM 51-30-2.