Service difficulty report · Rib · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
August 14, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N405DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21149
Part
Rib
Part number
6518522
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 760
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

DURING ACCOMPLISHMENT OF 4-58560-3AD, A CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE VERTICAL FLANGE OF THE WING TO FUSELAGE UPPER ATTACH CHORD. THE CRACK PROPAGATES FROM THE EDGE OF THE CHORD ABOVE THE 2 FWD MOST FASTENER HOLES AND TRAVELS DOWN, THRU THE ENTIRE THICKNESS OF THE HORIZ FLANGE. REPAIRED PER ERA 332037-14AD.