SDR DL72L010076

Service difficulty report · Frame · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date: January 15, 2001
Submitted: January 29, 2001
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N502DA
Make and model: Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial: 21304
Aircraft time: 75,692 hours, 51,000 cycles
System (JASC): 5311 · Fuselage Main, Frame
Part: Frame
Condition: Cracked
Location: Fuselage
Stage of operation: IN
How discovered: V
Nature of condition: O
Precautionary procedure: K

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What was found

DURING ACCOMPLISHMENT OF INSPECTIONS OF THE AFT FRAME OF THEC1 DOOR CUTOUT, AN EXISTING, UNIDENTIFIED WEB REPAIR WAS FOUND. THE REPAIR WAS REMOVED AND FOUND TO BE A SPLICE REPAIR FOR A DAMAGED SECTION OF THE WEB. THE INSPECTIONS, PER AD 99-23-13, WERE ACCOMPLISHED AT THE LOCATION AND A NEW REPAIR INSTALLED PER B727 SRM 51-40-2, FIG 1 AND ER/A 379796-14AD.