- Difficulty date
- October 4, 2004
- Submitted
- October 22, 2004
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N954UP
- Make and model
- Boeing 727185C
- Aircraft serial
- 19827
- Aircraft time
- 62,074 hours, 53,369 cycles
- Part
- Fitting
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- 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
INSPECTION TYPE:C, TO GAIN ACCESS FOR NDT PLEASE REMOVE FASTENERS BETWEEN STR 23 & 24 BS 740 FITTING RIGHT. REMOVED FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-30-02. HFEC CARRIED OUT ON ABOVE AREA IAW B727 NDTM 51-00-00 PT6 FIG 4, CRACK CONFIRMED, ENDS MARKED. REF UPS EO B727-5310-7477-E FOR FITTING REPLACEMENT.