Service difficulty report · Frame · Boeing 727225A

Difficulty date
December 21, 2000
Submitted
January 2, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N8882Z
Make and model
Boeing 727225A
Aircraft serial
21579
Aircraft time
54,553 hours, 36,247 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

FUSELAGE / OVERWING EXIT / LT / FRAME / FS 783.95 : CRACK REPAIR. INSPECTIONS OF THE LH OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT OPENING FRAMESREVEALED CRACKING IN THE FS 783.95 FRAME. THE CRACKING IS TYPICAL OF BAC S/B 727-53-0197 AND AD 94-02-04. THE FRAME WAS REPAIRED AND MODIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE S/B TO ELIMINATE THE PROBLEM AND DOCUMENTED PER ER/A 379595-14AD.