Service difficulty report · Hinge Pin · Boeing 727251

Difficulty date
August 6, 2001
Submitted
August 22, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N278US
Make and model
Boeing 727251
Aircraft serial
21157
Part
Hinge Pin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Horiz Stabilizer
Stage of operation
IN
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

DURING AN LTC INSPECTION AT FLIGHTSTAR, IT WAS DISCOVERED WHILE COMPLYING WITH BOEING ALERT LETTER M-7200-01-01732, FOUND LEFT HORIZONTAL STAB INNER HINGE PIN CRACKED. REPLACED LEFT INNER STAB HINGE PIN IAW BOEING SERVICE BULLETIN B727-55-86. (M)