Service difficulty report · Transverse Beam · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
January 24, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N541DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
22387
Part
Transverse Beam
Part number
651751737
Condition
Cracked
Location
Sta 1263 /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 AFT CHANNEL (P/N 65-17517-37) AND THE UPPER FORWARD ANGLE (P/N 65-17517-38) OF THE TRANSVERSE BEAM AT STA 1263 WERE FOUND CRACKED. SIMILAR DAMAGE WAS FOUND AT STA 1273 WHERE THE AFT GUSSET ANGLE (P/N 17518-6) AND THE UPPER FORWARD ANGLE (P/N 69-67881-1) OF THE TRANSVERSE BEAM WERE CRACKED. THESE PARTS ARE THE SUBJECT OF A.D. 94-07-08 WHICH REQUIRES INSPECTION PER S/B 727-53-0129. THE PARTS WERE REPLACED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE S/B.