- Difficulty date
- March 5, 2011
- Submitted
- March 25, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N491FE
- Make and model
- Boeing 727227
- Aircraft serial
- 21529
- Aircraft time
- 41,577 hours, 28,301 cycles
- Part
- Frame
- Part number
- 65163442
- Condition
- Gouged
- Location
- Bs 1070 S27l
- 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
AFT PIT FRAME AT BS 1070 UPPER FLANGE IS GOUGED ABOVE STR 27L. CUT OUT DAMAGED AREA OF FRAME BS 1070 UPPER FLANGE ABOVE STR 27L IAW SRM 51-40-3 FIG 1. FABRICATED DOUBLER IAW SRM REV 103, 51-40-3 FIG 1 AND 51-30-5. INSTALLED DOUBLER IAW SRM 51-40-3 FIG 1.