# SDR DL72S972587

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: December 4, 1997
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N531DA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N531DA), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 727232
- Aircraft serial: 21814
- System (JASC): [5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5320)
- Part: Beam
- Part number: 65175186
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Bs 1273
- Stage of operation: IN
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S972587

## Discrepancy

THE AFT GUSSET AND HORIZONTAL BEAM AT FS 1273 ON THE VENTRAL STAIRWAY TORQUE BOX WERE FOUND CRACKED PER INSPECTIONS OF S/B 53-0129 AS MANDATED BY AD 94-07-08.  THE CRACKED PARTS WERE REPLACED PER S/B 53-0129 AS DOCUMENTED IN ER/A   363353-14AD.

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