Service difficulty report · Angle · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
May 6, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N541DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
22387
Part
Angle
Part number
65175172
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fs 1273
Stage of operation
IN
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 RT TORQUE BOX FORWARD TRANSVERSE BEAM GUSSET ANGLE AT FS 1273 WAS FOUND CRACKED. THE AFT TRANSVERSE BEAM WAS ALSO FOUND CRACKED. THIS DAMAGED AREA OF THE TORQUE BOX IS THE SUBJECT OF S/B 53-0129. REPAIRS WILL REPLACE THE DAMAGED GUSSET ANGLE AND THE UPPER TRANSVERSE BEAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE S/B.