Service difficulty report · Torque Box · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
January 13, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N478DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
20755
Part
Torque Box
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 1263
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 FS 1263 BEAM AND CHANNEL ON THE RT TORQUE BOX OF THE AFT VENTRAL STAIRWAY WERE FOUND WITH TYPICAL CRACKS PER S/B 53-0129. THE CRACKED PARTS WERE REPLACED PER THE S/B INSTRUCTIONS AND DOCUMENTED PER ER/A 363704-14AD.