Service difficulty report · Structure · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
December 23, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N417DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21259
Part
Structure
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 1263-1273
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

THE RT TORQUE BOX STRUCTURE IN THE VENTRAL STAIRWAY WAS FOUND TO THREE CRACKED MEMBERS. THE FS 1263 BEAM WAS FOUND WITH A 1.0 CRACK AND THE FS 1273 BEAM AND GUSSET WERE FOUND WITH 1.0 CRACKS. THE DAMAGED MEMBERS WERE REPLACED PER BAC S/B 727-53-0129 AS DOCUMENTED IN ER/A 363537-14AD.