Service difficulty report · Window Post · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
August 9, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N541DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
22387
Part
Window Post
Part number
5717703002
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit
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

FUSELAGE COCKPIT WINDOW FRAME, E-F WINDOW POST, DENT/CRACK REPAIR. THE E-F COCKPIT WINDOW FRAME POST WAS DENTED AT THE LOWER SILL OF THE R3 COCKPIT WINDOW WHEN THE FRONT END OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS BLOWN INTO A FIXED STRUCTURE. INSPECTION OF THE POST REVEALED A CRACK AT THE DENTED LOCATION. THE DAMAGED POST WAS REMOVED AND A NEW POST INSTALLED PER ER/A 367851-14, REV A.