Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727225

Difficulty date
March 19, 2007
Submitted
March 20, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N463FE
Make and model
Boeing 727225
Aircraft serial
22551
Aircraft time
38,775 hours, 27,001 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
652170037
Condition
Damaged
Location
Zone 500
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

FOUND REPAIR AT LT WING FIXED LE AT IB END OF NR 3 SLAT. REPAIR REQUIRES EVALUATION FOR MAJOR/MMINOR DETERMINATION AND IF REPAIR WAS ACCOMPLISHED USING FAA APPROVED DATA. FOUND EXISTING REPAIR DAMAGED. REMOVED DAMAGED REPAIR FILLER, FABRICATED NEW FILLER AND INSTALLED. REFERENCE SRM 57-30-4/FIGURE 4/PAGES 6-7. ALSO BLENDED GOUGE AFT OF REPAIR FILLER AND IS WITH IN LIMITS. REFERENCE SRM 57-20-1. CLASSIFIED AS A MINOR REPAIR.