Service difficulty report · Frames · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
December 21, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N496DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21076
Part
Frames
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fs 784
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 LT FS 784 OVERWING EXIT FRAME WAS FOUND WITH A CRACK 1.1 INCH LONG. IT BEGAN AT A FASTENER HOLE ON THE INBD FLANGE AT WL 215 AND RAN HORIZONTALLY FWD AND THROUGH THE BEND RADIUS JUST INTO THE WEB. THIS CRACK IS OUTSIDE THE TYPICAL CRACK AREA AS DEFINED IN S/B 727-53-0197 REV 2. ALSO, A 1 INCH CRACK WAS FOUND ON THE LT FRAME OUTBD FLANGE RADIUS JUST ABOVE THE LOWER END OF THE PART. INSTALLED A MODIFIED REPAIR BASED ON THE 727-53-0197 REV 2 SERVICE BULLETIN PER FAA LETTER 95-120S-1456, DL ERA 302852-14AD.