- Difficulty date
- May 23, 2009
- Submitted
- June 2, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Boeing 727233
- Aircraft serial
- 22345
- Aircraft time
- 40,972 hours, 30,658 cycles
- Part
- Angle
- Part number
- 651622443
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Nr 8 Slat
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- 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 8 SLAT AFT LOWER ANGLE IS CRACKED AT INBD AND OUTBD UPSTOP PADS. REMOVED COVE PANELS AT NR 8 SLAT IAW SRM 51-30-2. REMOVED DAMAGED ANGLE IAW SRM 51-30-2 FABRICATED NEW ANGLE IAW SRM 57-50-2 FIG 2, 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 COVER PANELS IAW SRM 51-30-2.