Service difficulty report · Frame · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
May 23, 2001
Submitted
June 5, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N525DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21585
Aircraft time
62,274 hours, 49,195 cycles
Part
Frame
Part number
651592231
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

THE FS 380 FRAME ABOVE THE R1 DOOR WAS FOUND WITH A .5 INCH CRACK IN THE INNER FLANGE AT THE LOWER END OF THE FRAME AT WL 280. THE CRACK WAS EMANATING FROM A FASTENER HOLE. THE CRACKED AREA OF FLANGE WAS TRIMMED AWAY TO REMOVE THE CRACK AN REPAIRED WITH A REPAIR ANGLE PER ER/A 380837-14, REV A.