Service difficulty report · Rib · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
December 11, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N523DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21583
Part
Rib
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 760.95
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

WING, RIB, BL 70.5, STA 760.95, UPPER RIB CHORD, REPAIR FOR CRACKED FASTENER HOLES. WHILE ACCOMPLISHING AND MANDATED INSPECTIONS OF THE BL 70.5 RIB CHORD AT STA 760.95, SEVERAL FASTENER HOLES SHOWED CRACK INDICATIONS. THE CRACKED HOLES WERE OVERSIZED TO ELIMINATE THE CRACKS, BUSHED AS REQUIRED, AND A REPAIR INSTALLED SIMILAR TO THE REPAIR IN BAC S/B 727-57-112, REV 5. THE DEVIATIONS TO THE S/B WERE GRANTED AMOC AND DOCUMENTED IN ER/A 363384-14AD, REV A.