Service difficulty report · Rib · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
September 12, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N544DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
22493
Part
Rib
Condition
Crack
Location
Bs 760.95
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

DURING THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF EO 4-58560-3AD, A CRACK WAS DETECTED IN A FASTENER HOLE IN THE VERTICAL FLANGE OF THE RIB CHORD AT BS 760.95. REMOVAL OF THE CRACK IN THE RIB CHORD RESULTED IN THE INADVERTENT OVERSIZING OF THE FUSELAGE SKIN AT THIS LOCATION, AS WELL AS AN ADJACENT FASTENER. THE BS 760.95 FRAME WAS NOT OVERSIZED.