Service difficulty report · Frame · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
May 19, 2000
Submitted
May 30, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N543DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
22392
Aircraft time
56,475 hours, 42,058 cycles
Part
Frame
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

A .5 INCH CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE WEB OF THE C1 DOOR OPENING AFT FRAME (FS 620) JUST BELOW THE NR 6 DOOR STOP. THE CRACK WAS COMMON TO A FASTENER HOLE ATTACHING THE WEB TO THE OUTER FRAME CHORD. THE WEB WAS LOCALLY TRIMMED AWAY TO REMOVE THE CRACK AND REPAIRED WITH A TITANIUM DOUBLER PER ER/A 377272-14AD.