Service difficulty report · Chord · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
August 19, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N405DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21149
Part
Chord
Part number
6483386
Condition
Cracked
Location
Ws 171.5
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

UPPER CHORD ANGLE OF THE RT WING AT WS 171.5 WAS FOUND WITH TWO CRACKS. THE CRACKS WERE LOCATED AT FASTENER HOLES ON THE HORIZ FLANGE OF THE CHORD ANGLE UNDER STRINGERS 16 AND 19. ALSO, THE S18 TAB WAS CRACKED. REPAIRED PER ERA 332040-14.