Service difficulty report · Beam · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
June 5, 2001
Submitted
June 26, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N501DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21303
Aircraft time
76,707 hours, 51,754 cycles
Part
Beam
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

INSPECTION OF THE RT VENTRAL STAIRWAY TORQUE BOX PER BAC S/B 727-53-0129 AND AD 94-07-08 REVEALED A TYPICAL CRACK IN THE UPPER AFT HORIZONTAL BEAM AT FS 1273. THE CRACKED PART WAS REMOVED AND A NEW PART INSTALLED. THE REPAIR WAS ACCOMPLISHED PER THE S/B AND ER/A 380994-14AD.