Service difficulty report · Frame · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
March 20, 2000
Submitted
April 14, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N506DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21308
Aircraft time
71,788 hours, 48,538 cycles
Part
Frame
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.

What was found

THE RT FRAME OF THE AFT ENTRY DOOR AT FS 1183 WAS REPAIRED/ MODIFIED PER EO 4-73994-3AD/SB 727-53-0210. DURING THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE MODIFICATION TWO FASTENER HOLES HAD A CRACK INDICATION. ERA 334176-14AD REPAIRED THE HOLES BY OVERSIZING THEM AND INSTALLING A BUSHING. THE DAMAGE WAS FOUND AT HMV.