Service difficulty report · Spar Web · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
May 30, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N495DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21075
Part
Spar Web
Part number
652179259
Condition
Cracked
Location
Te Midflap
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 CENTER SPAR WEB WAS FOUND CRACKED IN TWO PLACES. THE FIRST LOCATION IS APPROX .75 INCH LONG LOCATED APPROX 25 INCHES FROM I/B END AT THE FOREFLAP CUTOUT NEAR THE UPPER I/B CORNER. THE OTHER CRACK WAS 51 INCHES FROM THE I/B END AT THE I/B CARRIAGE SUPPORT FITTING AND WAS 4 INCHES IN LENGTH. THE UPPER SKIN WAS CRACKED 1.5 INCHES ABOVE THE SPAR CHORD 52 INCHES FROM THE I/B END THROUGH TWO HOLES COMMON TO A MODIFICATION PER S/B 727-57-0160. A NEW SECTION OF SPAR WEB WAS SPLICED IN. THE SKIN WAS REPAIRED WITH AN INTERNAL DOUBLER PER DALA ER/A 357935-14AD.