SDR DL72S010831

Service difficulty report · Mount · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date: May 24, 2001
Submitted: June 5, 2001
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N540DA
Make and model: Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial: 22386
Aircraft time: 60,032 hours, 44,826 cycles
System (JASC): 7120 · Engine Mount Section
Part: Mount
Condition: Cracked
Location: Nr 3 Engine
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

REPETITIVE INSPECTION OF THE FWD ENGINE MOUNT SUPPORT FITTING ON THE NR 3 PYLON REVEALED SMALL TYPICAL CRACKS IN HOLES B, C, D, F, & H OF THE FITTING. THE CRACKS ARE TYPICAL OF AD 97-05-08. THE HOLES WERE OVERSIZED TO REMOVE THE CRACKS AND THEN OVERSIZED FURTHER FOR INSURANCE. LARGER DIAMETER FASTENERS WERE INSTALLED PER THE PROCEDURES OF FED EX S/B 2000-5410A01 AND ER/A 380887-14AD.