- Difficulty date
- November 19, 2007
- Submitted
- February 17, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N742DH
- Make and model
- Boeing 727225
- Aircraft serial
- 21290
- Aircraft time
- 60,719 hours, 38,406 cycles
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Nr 6 Slat
- 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
NR 6 SLAT SKIN CRACKED AT INBOARD SLAT HOOK UPPER MOUNT SCREW. C/W HFEC IAW B-727 NDT PT 6 51-00-00 FIGURE 23. CRACK TERMINATES IN FASTENER HOLE. FABRICATED DOUBLER REPAIR WITH 7075-T6 0.125" SIZE 7.5" BY 3.25" PO NR 9005685 IAW B-727 SRM 57-50-3 FIGURE 10. TREATED AND PRIMED PART REPAIR IAW B-727 SRM 51-10-2. INSTALLED DOUBLER IAW B-727 SRM 57-50-3 FIGURE 10 AND 51-30-2.