Service difficulty report · Web · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
April 28, 2000
Submitted
May 7, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N529DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21703
Aircraft time
58,016 hours, 44,495 cycles
Part
Web
Part serial
RIBCUTOUT
Condition
Cracked
Location
Tail
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

VERTICAL WEB----CRACKED RIB CUTOUT-FS 1303 VERT WEB CRACKED AT RT RIB CUTOUT. LT RIB CUTOUT SAME CONDITION. REMOVED SUPPORT BRACKET ABOVE S-DUCT AND BEGAN REMOVING FASTENERS FROM REPAIR AREA. DYE PENNED AREA AND STOP DRILLED CRACKS. CHEMICAL TREATED PER PS 900-2-4-1 NR 2. OK TO INSTALL. INSTALLED DOUBLERS BOTH SIDE PER SRM 53-10-1D AND INSTALLED SUPPORT BRACKET.