Service difficulty report · Bulkhead Beam · Boeing 727228

Difficulty date
August 26, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N727DH
Make and model
Boeing 727228
Aircraft serial
20204
Part
Bulkhead Beam
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 1183
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

FOUND CRACK AT STA 1183 VERTICAL I BEAM RBL 36.83 O/B FLANGE WL 235. REMOVED FASTENERS AT BS 1183 AFT BLKHEAD VERTICAL BEAM RBL PER SRM 51-30-2, STOP DRILLED IAW NDT MANUAL 51-00-00 PART 6 FIGURE 4. NO FURTHER CRACK INDICATION NOTED. INSTALLED REPAIR KIT ON 1183 VERT I BEAM RBL 36.83 IAW SB 53-0192. ALL PARTS AND AREA TREATED AND PRIMED PER B727 SRM 51-10-2 N/R 3693.