Service difficulty report · Rear Spar · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
May 14, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N505DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21307
Part
Rear Spar
Condition
Cracked
Location
Lt Elevator
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 REAR SPAR OF THE RT ELEVATOR IS CRACKED ON THE LOWER INBD SIDE OF THE SECOND FROM INBD HINGE FITTING. THE CRACK IS APPROX .25 INCH LONG. THIS CRACK LENGTH IS WITHIN THE 0.250 STOP DRILL LIMITS OF BAC S/B 727-55-0089. THE CRACK WILL BE STOP-DRILLED (TEMPORARY) UNTIL REPAIR MODIFICATION PER DAL E.O. 4-70183-12AD. SUBMITTER STATES, THIS IS THE FIRST INSPECTION OF THE SPAR PER S.I. 4-70183-12AD. THIS DOES NOT TERMINATE INSPECTIONS.