Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727200

Difficulty date
December 6, 2002
Submitted
September 24, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N262FE
Make and model
Boeing 727200
Aircraft serial
21624
Aircraft time
45,575 hours, 27,098 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D9
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Vertical Fin
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

RT VERTICAL FIN SKIN HAS 2 POSSIBLE CRACKS EMANATING FROM FASTENERS AT BS 1214 COMMON TO SPAR ** SD ** DAMAGE TO RT VERTICAL FIN SKIN AT BS 1214 COMMON TO FRONT SPAR FORGING JUST ABOVE FUSELAGE IS FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 53-30-01, REPAIRED DAMAGE IAW 55-30-3.

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