- Difficulty date
- May 23, 2009
- Submitted
- June 3, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Boeing 727233
- Aircraft serial
- 22345
- Aircraft time
- 40,972 hours, 30,658 cycles
- Part
- Angle
- Part number
- 651622143
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Nr 4 Slat
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- 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
NR 4 SLAT AFT LOWER ANGLE IS CRACKED AT INBD UPSTOP PAD. REMOVED SLAT COVE PANELS IAW SRM 51-30-2. REMOVED DAMAGED AREA IAW SRM 51-40-4 FIGURE 1. FABRICATED NEW ANGLE IAW SRM 57-50-2 FIG.2 AND 51-30-5, AND 51-30-8. TREATED AND PRIMED ANGLE IAW SRM 51-10-2. INSTALLED NEW ANGLE IAW SRM 51-30-2. INSTALLED COVE PANELS IAW SRM 51-30-2.