- Difficulty date
- May 11, 2010
- Submitted
- May 11, 2010
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N483FE
- Make and model
- Boeing 727227
- Aircraft serial
- 21465
- Aircraft time
- 43,547 hours, 29,672 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa JT8D15
- Part
- Stringer
- Part number
- 65183861
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 1166-1183
- 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
STRINGER 22L CORRODED, BETWEEN STA 1166 - 1183, UPPER SURFACE OF UPPER CHANNEL. CUTOUT DAMAGED SECTION OF STRINGER DIM: 25" .3750 AT STA 1166-1183 IAW SRM 53-10-3, FIG 1. FABRICATED STRINGER REPAIR FROM BAC 1498-143 7075T62 DIM: 25" .3750 & SPLICE FROM BAC 1498-132 7075T62 DIM: 15" .7500 IAW SRM 53-10-3, FIG 1 REV 102. INSTALLED STRINGER & SPLICE IAW SRM 51-30-2.