Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727227

Difficulty date
February 14, 2008
Submitted
February 14, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N486FE
Make and model
Boeing 727227
Aircraft serial
21489
Aircraft time
39,357 hours, 29,437 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
6554575
Condition
Dented
Location
Zone 200
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 LEFT SIDE EXTERIOR FUSELAGE SKIN HAS DENT WITH SCRAPE STA 680 3 AND 7" BELOW STR 17L DENT WITHIN 10" OF PRODUCTION SEAM, REPAIR REQUIRED REF SRM 53-30-1 FIG 1. REMOVED DAMAGE IN REF TO SRM 53-30-1 HFEC FOR CRACKS AT CUT OUT . NONE FOUND. VERIFIED MATERIAL FOR REPAIR PLATE AS 2024 T3, .063 REF SRM 53-30-3 FIG 3A. FABRICATE DOUBLER IN REF TO 53-030-3 FIG 3A. INSTALLED DOUBLER IN REF TO 53-30-3 FIG 3A. THIS IS A CATEGORY "B" REPAIR, REFER TO SRM 51-00-6 GENERAL DATA REFER TO TABLE 3 FOR INSP INTERVALS THIS IS CLASSIFIED AS A MAJOR REPAIR.