Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727233

Difficulty date
August 30, 2007
Submitted
August 30, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N286FE
Make and model
Boeing 727233
Aircraft serial
22623
Aircraft time
39,187 hours, 24,651 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
6572795
Condition
Corroded
Location
Rt Elevator
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

RT HORIZONTAL STAB ELEVATOR, OB MOST UPPER SURFACE STATIC WICK. CORROSION ON SKIN SURFACE, AROUND AND UNDER STATIC WICK BASE, AND ON WICK BASE ALSO REMOVED CORROSION ON UPPER RT OUTBOARD ELEVATOR STATIC WICK, FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS BY NDT. MATERIAL LOSS OF .008". REPAIRED AREA IN REF TO SRM 55-20-3 PG 2-3, SRM 55-20-1 DETAIL 1, MM 23-61-00-6 PG 1, MM 51-20-151-7 PG 1-3. THIS IS CLASSIFIED MINOR REPAIR, LEVEL 1 CORROSION.