- Difficulty date
- July 8, 2008
- Submitted
- July 28, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Boeing 727233
- Aircraft serial
- 22040
- Aircraft time
- 42,881 hours, 27,378 cycles
- Part
- Skin
- Part number
- 651842015
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Zone 100
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- 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
LWR FUSELAGE, DRAIN HOLE DAMAGED AT STA. 355 STR 30. REMOVED SKIN PANEL IAW B727 SRM 51-30-2. FABRICATED NEW SKIN MAT USED 2024T3 .050 (27 BY 8.75) IAW B727 SRM 53-30-2 FIG 2 AND 51-30-5. TREATED AND PRIMED NEW SKIN AREA IAW B727 SRM 51-10-2. INSTALLED NEW SKIN IAW B727 SRM 51-30-2.