Service difficulty report · Rib · Boeing 727228

Difficulty date
September 21, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N722DH
Make and model
Boeing 727228
Aircraft serial
19861
Part
Rib
Condition
Cracked
Location
Lt Wing
Stage of operation
IN
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

AT C-CHECK, LEFT WING RIB AT STA 629.0 HAS A CRACK IN PREVIOUS REPAIR DOUBLER ON LOWER CHORD IN AREA OF STR 6. REMOVED CRACKED REPAIR AT LEFT WING, STOP DRILLED END OF CRACK, INSTALLED REPAIR AT WING RIB PER SRM 57-10-5, 9 BY 4.