# SDR DL72W960116

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: January 14, 1996
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N831L](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N831L), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 727-2Q8
- Registry model: [Boeing 727-2Q8](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-2q8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 21826
- System (JASC): [5521 · Elevator, Spar/Rib](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5521)
- Part: Spar
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Rt Elevator
- Stage of operation: IN
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72W960116

## Discrepancy

THE RIGHT HAND ELEVATOR REAR SPAR HAD A CRACK EMANATING .25 INCH FROM THE INBOARD SIDE OF THE SHEAR PLATE, AT THE THIRD FROM INBOARD TAB HINGE FITTING-TO-REAR SPAR ATTACHMENT.  CRACK WAS WITHIN THE S/B 55-0087 INTERIM REPAIR 0.250 ALLOWABLE LIMIT ON CRACK LENGTH BEYOND THE END OF THE SHEAR PLATE.  THE CRACK WAS STOP DRILLED PER THE S/B 55-0087 REV 1.  THE S/B INITIATED THE REQUIRED REPETITIVE INSPECTION AND PERMANENT REPAIR.

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