Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727200

Difficulty date
July 9, 2003
Submitted
July 15, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N467FE
Make and model
Boeing 727200
Aircraft serial
21449
Aircraft time
46,507 hours, 32,413 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Lightning Strike
Location
Fuselage
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

EXTERIOR SKIN HAS SEVERAL LIGHTNING STRIKES FROM BS 334 TO BS 351 STR 25R TO STR 27R. REMOVED DAMAGE ON 7EA LIGHTNING STRIKES BS 334-351, STR 25-27 RT 5EA AREA. REMOVED DAMAGE BY DRILLING OUT DAMAGE AND INSTALLING FASTENERS PER SRM 53-30-3, 1EA AREA FOUND TO BE WITHIN LIMITS BY BLENDING OUT DAMAGE, 1EA AREA REPAIRED BY CUTTING OUT DAMAGE IN 1 X 1 INCH AREA AND REPAIRING PER SRM 53-30-3, FIG 1.

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