Service difficulty report · Doubler · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
September 15, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N469DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
20746
Part
Doubler
Condition
Cracked
Location
R1 Doorway
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

A .625 INCH CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE UPPER HINGE CUTOUT DOUBLER OF THE R-1 DOOR WHILE THE A/C WAS IN TPA. MX COULD NOT ACCOMPLISH THE PERMANENT REPAIR DUE TO INADEQUATE TIME FOR GALLEY REMOVAL. THIS ER/A AUTHORIZED A MINOR DEVIATION, WHICH WAS COMPRISED OF A FASTENER SUBSTITUTION, TO THE MAJOR REPAIR IN B727 MM 53-30-00-807 ON A TIME-LIMITED BAISIS. FURTHER EDDY CURRENT INSP IN ATL ON 10SEPT97 REVEALED A CRACK IN THE BEAR STRAP AND A STOP DRILL IN THE ADJACENT FRAME. A PERMANENT REPAIR WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED AT THIS TIME. REPAIRED PER ERA 362185-14 REV B.