Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727200

Difficulty date
April 6, 2005
Submitted
April 12, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N216FE
Make and model
Boeing 727200
Aircraft serial
22937
Aircraft time
28,915 hours, 16,570 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
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

DURING LIFT TRUCK POSITIONING STRUCK A/C ON LT SIDE AND CAUSED HORIZONTAL SCRATCH/HOLES APPROXIMATELY 14 INCHES IN LENGTH AT BS 300 TO 314 AND 18 INCHES BELOW WL 208 CHORD (FLOORBEAM). REPAIRED NOTED DAMAGE PER BOEING 727 SRM 53-30-3. THIS REPAIR WAS DEEMED A CAT-B IN REF TO SRM 53-30-3 PAGE 6. THE SKIN THICKNESS DID NOT MEET THIS CRITERIA AND THEREFORE CAUSED THE REPAIR TO BE A CATAGORY B REPAIR, FEDEX SRM 53-30-3.

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