SDR DL72S000326

Service difficulty report · Mount · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date: February 17, 2000
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N499DA
Make and model: Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial: 21143
System (JASC): 7120 · Engine Mount Section
Part: Mount
Part number: 65187228
Condition: Cracked
Location: Nr 3 Engine
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

CRACKED HOLE WHILE ACCOMPLISHING REPETITIVE INSPECTIONS OF THE FWD ENGINE MOUNT BOLT HOLES ON THE NR 3 ENGINE PYLON PER AD 97-05-08, A CRACK INDICATION WAS FOUND IN ONE HOLE (REF HOLE F OF BAC S/B 727-54A0010). THE HOLE WAS OVERSIZED TO REMOVE THE CRACK AND THEN OVERSIZED AND ADDITIONAL .0625. THE HOLE WAS BUSHED AND THE FASTENER RE-INSTALLED PER ER/A 369337-14, REV B.