Service difficulty report · Nose Cowl · Boeing 727227

Difficulty date
May 31, 2007
Submitted
June 19, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N783DH
Make and model
Boeing 727227
Aircraft serial
21999
Aircraft time
62,213 hours, 34,920 cycles
Part
Nose Cowl
Condition
Out Of Tolerance
Location
Nr 1 Nacelle
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 1 ENGINE NOSE COWL AT 11 O`CLOCK POSITION, 2 BLIND FASTENERS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED, NAC STA 81.5. REMOVED 2 BLIND FASTENERS ON NR 1 NOSE COWL AT 11 O`CLOCK POSITION IAW B727 SRM 51-30-2. FASTENERS HOLES OUT OF LIMITS AND OVER SIZE IAW B727 SRM 51-30-2. REMOVED, EXISTING DOUBLER AND FILLER IAW B727 SRM 51-30-2. CUT OUT DAMAGED AREA 3.5 BY 4.5 IAW B727 SRM 54-30-03, FIG 3A. FABRICATED DOUBLER FROM 2024T3, .040 BY 7 BY 1.5 BY 2.75 AND FILLER FROM 2024T3, .032 BY 3.48 BY 4.40 IAW B727 SRM 54-30-03, FIG 3A. TREATED, PRIMED AND INSTALLED REPAIR IAW SRM 51-30-2 AND 54-30-3.