- Difficulty date
- March 3, 2011
- Submitted
- March 7, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N491FE
- Make and model
- Boeing 727227
- Aircraft serial
- 21529
- Aircraft time
- 41,577 hours, 28,301 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa JT8D9
- Part
- Gusset
- Part number
- 69174065
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 825 Frame
- 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
OVERWING LT FRAME AT BS 825, BELOW FLOOR LEVEL, GUSSET IS CRACKED AT INBD LOWER FASTENER. REMOVED GUSSET AT BS 825 LT BELOW FLOOR LEVEL IAW SRM 51-30-2, REV 103 FABRICATED GUSSET IAW EO 7-5310-7-3367, PART 9 INSTALLED GUSSET IAW EO 7-5310-7-3367, PART 9.