- Difficulty date
- October 3, 2007
- Submitted
- February 18, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N748DH
- Make and model
- Boeing 727225
- Aircraft serial
- 22440
- Aircraft time
- 46,617 hours, 27,939 cycles
- Part
- Stringer
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 720b
- 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
MAIN CABIN STRINGER 15 CRACKED AT BS 720B. CUT OUT DAMAGE AREA DIMENSION CUT OUT IAW SRM 53-10-3 FIGURE 5. FABRICATED REPAIR CHANNEL, FILLER, & TAPERED FILLER IAW SRM 53-10-3 FIGURE 5 AND 51-30-5. TREATED AND PRIMED PARTS IAW SRM 51-10-2. INSTALLED REPAIR AT STRINGER 15 BS 720B IAW SRM 53-10-23 FIGURE 5.