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
Misrepaired
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

EXT REPAIR LOCATED JUST AFT OF STA 700, STR 26L FOUND NOT TO BE INSTALLED USING APPROVED DATA. REF SNRM NR N00936 AND SRM 53-30-3 FIG 24, DOUBLER MISSING FASTENERS IN REPAIR AREA, RADIUS FILLER ALSO BENT. REMOVED DOUBLER, FABRICATED NEW DOUBLER AND FILLER. INSTALLED REPAIR WET W/ SEALANT REF SRM 53-30-3 FIG 5. THIS IS CLASSIFIED AS A MAJOR REPAIR.