What was found
RT WING NR 5 L/E SLAT HAS A CRACKED RIB, AT SLAT STA 150. REMOVED AND REPLACED RIB MEMBER, BY FABRICATION, AND ASSOCIATED TRACK FITTING PER B727 SRM 57-50-2 FIG 2, 51-10-1, AND 51-30-2. REF N/R 4987-6-173.
- Difficulty date
- October 14, 2008
- Submitted
- October 19, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N745DH
- Make and model
- Boeing 727224
- Aircraft serial
- 20665
- Aircraft time
- 73,890 hours, 49,460 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5754 · Leading Edge Devices
- Part
- Rib
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Le Slat
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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