Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727277

Difficulty date
December 29, 2006
Submitted
January 2, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N243FE
Make and model
Boeing 727277
Aircraft serial
21480
Aircraft time
44,524 hours, 34,731 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
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

UPPER AFT FUSELAGE BS 1130 EXTERIOR SKIN BETWEEN STRINGER 4L AND 5L HAS A 2" LONG GOUGE WITH ADJACENT SCRATCH. BLENDED DAMAGE OUT OF LIMITS REF SRM 53-30-1 FIG 1. REMOVED DAMAGE AREA. FABRICATED REPAIR DOUBLER ALODINED, AND PRIMED DOUBLER BEVELED EDGES OF DOUBLER COUNTERSUNK AND INSTALLED DOUBLER, ALODINED INTERIOR SURFACE OF DOUBLER AND PAINTED EXTERNAL SURFACE OF DOUBLER, REF SRM 53-30-3 FIG 1. REPAIR CLASSIFIED AS MAJOR. REPAIR IS CATAGORY A.