Boeing 727 Series Aeroplanes
Boeing 727 Series Aeroplanes
Boeing 727 Series Aeroplanes
| AD/B727/203 | Mid-Cabin Galley Doorway Upperand Lower Hinge Cutouts | 7/2006 |
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| Applicability: | Model 727, 727C, 727-100, and 727-100C aircraft. |
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| Requirement: | Action in accordance with the technical requirements of FAA AD 2006-09-03 Amdt 39-14573.Note: Boeing Alert Service Bulletin 727-53A0228 original issue, or later FAA approved revision, refers. |
| Compliance: | As specified in the Requirement document, with a revised effective date of6 July 2006. |
| This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 6 July 2006. | |
| Background: | The FAA received reports of skin and bear strap cracking at the upper and lower hinge cutout and along the upper fastener row of the stringer 14R lap splice, and cracking in the doorstop fitting adjacent to the upper hinge cutout. There were also reports of cracking on aircraft previously modified in production. Such fatigue cracking of the fuselage could result in reduced structural integrity and possible rapid decompression of the aircraft. |
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David Villiers
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority
23 May 2006