Service difficulty report · Frame · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
September 26, 2002
Submitted
October 3, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N533DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
22046
Aircraft time
63,899 hours, 47,238 cycles
Part
Frame
Part number
65175061
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 INNER CHORD OF THE FS 1303 FRAME WAS FOUND CRACKED AT A HYDRAULIC LINE CLAMP ATTACHMENT LOCATION JUST ABOVE RT VENTRAL STAIRWAY TORQUE BOX STRUCTURE. THE CHORD WAS CUT ABOVE THE DAMAGE AND THE LOWER SECTION OF CHORD REMOVED. A NEW SECTION OF CHORD WAS INSTALLED AND SPLICED WITH A REPAIR ANGLE PER ER/A 383919-14, REV A.