Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727200

Difficulty date
December 11, 2003
Submitted
December 12, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N287FE
Make and model
Boeing 727200
Aircraft serial
21849
Aircraft time
36,024 hours, 24,445 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Bulged
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

N00325 BULGE IN LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN BETWEEN FASTENERS BS 704 STR 28L LBL 6. CUT OUT STR 28L BETWEEN B/S 700-720. FOUND SPLICE PIECE TO BE OUT OF LIMITS (CORRODED). SKIN WAS NOT AFFECTED BY CORROSION. DRILLED UP NEW STR SPLICE SECTION FROM BAC1498-144 LOT 478915. ALODINED AND PRIMED SECTION AND INSTALLED. ALL IAW SRM 53-10-1, 51-30-2, 53-10-3 AND 51-40-2.

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