- Difficulty date
- November 1, 2007
- Submitted
- February 10, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N785AT
- Make and model
- Boeing 727214
- Aircraft serial
- 21691
- Aircraft time
- 60,872 hours, 40,673 cycles
- Part
- Angle
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 1217
- 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
AFT AIRSTAIRS CUT OUT AREA, LOWER SPLICE ANGLE AT BS 1217 RBL 10 IS CRACKED. REMOVED CRACKED SPLICE ANGLE IAW B-727 SRM 51-30-2, FABRICATED NEW ANGLE IAW B-727 SRM 53-10-2 FIGURE 2, 51-10-3, AND 51-20-1. TREATED AND PRIMED NEW SPLICE ANGLE IAW B-727 SRM 51-10-2 AND INSTALLED NEW SPLICE ANGLE AT AFT AIRSTAIRS CUTOUT AREA BS 1217 RBL10 IAW B-727 SRM 51-30-2.