- Difficulty date
- June 12, 2000
- Submitted
- July 3, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N954UP
- Make and model
- Boeing 727185C
- Aircraft serial
- 19827
- Aircraft time
- 60,542 hours, 51,932 cycles
- Part
- Door Frame
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- E
- 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
INSPECTION TYPE: C+SI. LOWER FWD CARGO HOLD CRACKED ON CARGO DOOR FRAME AT BS 570 BETWEEN STR 21 RT & 22 RT. HFEC INSP CARRIED OUT IAW B727 NDT MANUAL, PT6, 51-00-00, FIG 4. TOTAL OF 6 CRACKS FOUND. CRACK ENDS MARKED. FRAME REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-10-4 FIG 10 AND SRM 51-30-2.