Service difficulty report · Frame · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
July 24, 2000
Submitted
July 27, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N503DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21305
Aircraft time
73,213 hours, 49,542 cycles
Part
Frame
Condition
Damaged
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

WHILE ACCOMPLISHING INSPECTIONS OF THE AFT ENTRY DOOR FRAMES ON THE FS 1183 BULKHEAD, AN ELONGATED FASTENER HOLE WAS FOUND IN THE RBL 17.8 FRAME CAP COMMON TO AN INTERCOSTAL AT WL 263. THE HOLE WAS REAMED TO A CLEAN AND ROUND CONDITION AND AN OVERSIZE FASTENER INSTALLED PER ER/A 377967-14AD.