Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727233

Difficulty date
August 2, 2007
Submitted
August 2, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N262FE
Make and model
Boeing 727233
Aircraft serial
21624
Aircraft time
49,571 hours, 30,392 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
6554581
Condition
Gouged
Location
Zone 100
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

AFT LT FUSELAGE, STA 988 TO 990, BETWEEN STR 23L AND 24L HAS 2 DEEP GOUGES. BLENDED GOUGES AND FOUND TO BE OUT OF ALLOWABLE LIMITS REF SRM 53-30-1. TRIMMED OUT DAMAGE, FABRICATED REPAIR DOUBLER AND INSTALLED REF 53-30-1 FIG 1, THIS IS CLASSIFIED AS A MAJOR REPAIR.