Service difficulty report · Stringer · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
November 30, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N504DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21306
Part
Stringer
Condition
Cracked
Location
Ws 656.5
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

ITEM: OUTER WING UPPER STRINGER TO RIB WS 656.5 HAS A CRACK AT STRINGER 10 COMING FROM THE FASTENER HOLE. CRACK IS IN STRINGER. REPAIR INTO REFERENCED ON 8502AD ITEM 5. CRACK ORIGINATES IN FASTENER HOLE AND PROPAGATES TO EDGE OF STRINGER. DRILLED REPAIR DOUBLERS AND RADIUS BLOCKS AND STRINGER 10 AT WS 656.5 PER MM 57-13-0 PG 801-805. OK TO INSTALL. INSTALLED REPAIR PER MM 57-13-0 PG 801-805.