SDR DL72S002284

Service difficulty report · Frame · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date: November 22, 2000
Submitted: November 30, 2000
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N522DA
Make and model: Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial: 21582
Aircraft time: 64,932 hours, 49,299 cycles
System (JASC): 5311 · Fuselage Main, Frame
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

FUSELAGE / C1 DOOR OPENING SURROUND STRUCTURE / AFT FRAME / FS 620 : WEB CRACK AND CHORD GOUGE REPAIR NSPECTIONS OF THE AFT DOOR FRAME OF THE C1 DOOR OPENING AT FS 620 REVEALED A .5 INCH CRACK IN THE FRAME WEB JUST BELOW THE #6 DOOR STOP. THE INNER FRAME CHORD WAS FOUND GOUGED IN THESAME AREA. THE WEB CRACK WAS REPAIRED WITH AN ALUMINUM DOUBLER PER THE B727 SRM AND THE CHORD WAS BLENDED AND REINFORCED WITH AN ALUMINUM ANGLE PER ER/A 379221-14AD, REV B.