Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
April 23, 2008
Submitted
April 23, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N498FE
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
20867
Aircraft time
56,536 hours, 46,536 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
65207799
Condition
Cracked
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

MLG WW KEEL BEAM LWR EXT SKIN PANEL AT BS 940 TO 950-12, LBL 5-RBL 5 2 EA CRACKED FASTENER HOLES BS 947, RBL 5 (MKD). REMOVED DAMAGE AND FABRICATED A REPAIR FILLER AND A REPAIR DOUBLER. TREATED, PRIMED AND PAINTED ALL REPAIR PARTS AND INSTALLED. EDGE SEALED REPAIR DOUBLER. REFERENCE SRM 51-40-2/FIGURE NR 1 AND BOEING DOCUMENT NR 65-18636/ITEM NR 280. CLASSIFIED AS A MAJOR REPAIR.