Service difficulty report · Angle · Boeing 727227

Difficulty date
July 19, 2007
Submitted
July 27, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N784DH
Make and model
Boeing 727227
Aircraft serial
22001
Aircraft time
61,606 hours, 34,558 cycles
Part
Angle
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt Elevator
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

SUSPECT CRACKED ANGLE AT RT ELEVATOR INBD AFT END, R ELEV STA 36.91 TO 53.91. OPENED END CAP ON RT ELEVATOR INBD SIDE FOUND ANGLE CRACKED AND OPENED ELEVATOR SKIN PANEL. CUT OUT DAMAGED AREA OF ANGLE, REAR SPAR 1 BY 2 IAW B727 SRM 51-40-3. FABRICATED REPAIR DOUBLER FROM 2024T3, .032, 10.75 BY 3 AND FILLER FROM 2024T3, .032, 2 BY 1 IAW B727 SRM 55-20-2, FIG 4 AND 51-40-3. TREATED, PRIMED, INSTALLED PARTS AND CLOSED SKIN PANEL IAW B727 SRM 51-10-2, 51-30-2, 51-40-3. RECALCULATED MOMENT IS 134.4 AND WITHIN LIMITS OF 120+-20 IAW B727 SRM 51-80-7, PARA 2. Y=31 WEIGHT CHANGE =.2, M=6.2. NEW MONENT ETCHED ON ELEVATOR PLACARD. NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED.