Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727227

Difficulty date
July 13, 2007
Submitted
July 13, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N481FE
Make and model
Boeing 727227
Aircraft serial
21463
Aircraft time
43,378 hours, 27,803 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Gouged
Location
Cargo Door
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

FWD LWR CARGO DOOR INNER SKIN IS GOUGED 2 " FROM TOP 19 " FROM AFT EDGE. BLENDED DAMAGE PER SRM 51-10-1 PG 3-4 IT WAS OUT OF LIMITS PER SRM 52-00-2 PG 1 STEP 1B, REMOVED DOUBLER AND MANUFACTURED NEW DOUBLER OUT OF 7075-T6 .050. INSTALLED ON DOOR AND INSTALLED FIELD FASTENERS AROUND DAMAGED AREA PER SRM 52-00-3 FIG 3 AND SRM 51-30-2. TREATED AND PRIMED DOUBLER PER SRM 51-10-2 DOOR WAS REMOVED AND INSTALLED ON SNRM N00361.