- Difficulty date
- July 11, 2003
- Submitted
- July 30, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Boeing 72725C
- Aircraft serial
- 19721
- Aircraft time
- 61,500 hours, 45,589 cycles
- Part
- Fairing
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Thrust Reverser
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- 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 ENG NR 3 THRUST REV O/B FAIRING IS CRACKED NEAR FWD SUPPORT BRACKET UPPER EXISTING DOUBLER AT CRACK LOCATION REMOVED IAW SRM 51-30-02. CRACKS TOP DRILLED IAW SRM 78-30-01 0.025 HOLE. HFEC INSP CARRIED ON STOP DRILL IAW B727 NDTM PT 6 51-00-00 FIG 4 RESULT - CRACK CONTAINED. EXISTING DOUBLER RE-INSTALLED IAW SRM 51-30-2.