What was found
INSPECTION OF THE RT TORQUE BOX STRUCTURE OF THE VENTRAL STAIRWAY PER BAC S/B 727-53-0129 REVEALED A CRACK IN THE FS 1273 HORIZONTAL BEAM UPPER GUSSET. THE CRACKED PART WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH A NEW PART PER ER/A 383130-14.
- Difficulty date
- May 9, 2002
- Submitted
- May 30, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N830WA
- Make and model
- Boeing 727247
- Aircraft serial
- 21482
- Aircraft time
- 74,849 hours, 45,256 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Gusset
- Part number
- 69678811
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- 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.