Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727233

Difficulty date
October 19, 2007
Submitted
October 19, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N218FE
Make and model
Boeing 727233
Aircraft serial
21101
Aircraft time
56,903 hours, 31,739 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
655457211
Condition
Dented
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

LOWER FORWARD PIT DOOR CUTOUT FORWARD SIDE FUSELAGE SKIN DENTED MEASURE DENT A=2" Y= .073" A/Y= 13.69 DENT WAS OUT OF LIMITS. TRIMMED OUT DENT. REMOVED .310" MATERIAL. REPAIR IS WITHIN LIMITS REF EA 7-5330-113955. USED TOOL IN17-0023 CAL DUE 12-13-08 TO MEASURE DENT. REF SRM 51-30-1 PG 2A. THIS IS A TIME LIMITED REPAIR LIMITED TO 24 MONTHS OR 3000 FLIGHT CYCLES WHICH EVER OCCURS FIRST. THIS IS CLASSIFIED AS A MAJOR REPAIR.