SDR AALA960520

Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727223

Difficulty date
April 4, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N708AA
Make and model
Boeing 727223
Aircraft serial
22465
Part
Skin
Part number
65877031
Condition
Corroded
Location
Lt Wing
Stage of operation
IN
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

ATL - DURING CONTRACT MAINTENANCE AT DALA FOR HEAVY C-CHECK. CORROSION DAMAGE WAS FOUND ON THE LOWER WING SKIN CENTER SECTION BETWEEN S-3C AND S-4C ABOVE THE LT PLENUM CHAMBER. CORROSION WAS CLEANED AND A REPAIR SIMILAR TO SRM 57-30-3, FIGURE 10, WAS INSTALLED. DURING FASTENER REMOVAL, 2 FASTENER HOLES ON S-3C WERE DAMAGED, APPROXIMATELY .1250 INCH OF MATERIAL WAS CHIPPED OUT OF THE OUTER SURFACE. THE DAMAGE WAS REMOVED BY COUNTERSINKING THE HOLES. REPAIRS ACCOMPLISHED PER DL ERA 303272-14 AD. ACFT TT, 40,899 HRS. ACFT TC, 21,258. (X)