What was found
EXT SKIN IS CRACKED AND BULGED OUTWARD AT BS 700, STR 27 LT. REPAIRED DAMAGED SECTION OF SKIN BS 688 TO BS 714 STR 26 LT PER SRM 53-30-3 FIG 5 AND FED EX EA 7-5330-70412. REMOVED AND REPLACED SHEAR TIE PER SRM 51-20-1, 51-10-2.
- Difficulty date
- May 27, 2003
- Submitted
- June 9, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N498FE
- Make and model
- Boeing 727200
- Aircraft serial
- 20867
- Aircraft time
- 52,409 hours, 43,305 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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