Service difficulty report · Frame · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
December 6, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N521DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21472
Part
Frame
Part number
651592526
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 440 - 460
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 FUSELAGE WAS BADLY DAMAGED BY GROUND EQUIPMENT RESULTING IN DENTING AND CRACKING OF THE FS 440 & FS 460 FRAMES BETWEEN STRINGERS 22R & 26R. THE DAMAGED SECTIONS OF FRAMES WERE CUT OUT AND NEW SECTIONS INSTALLED WITH NEW FORMED SHEET ALUMINUM SPLICES PER ER/A 368848-14, REV B.