SDR AALA960964

Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727223

Difficulty date
June 25, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N703AA
Make and model
Boeing 727223
Aircraft serial
22461
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 214
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

TUL - UPPER POST BETWEEN CAPTAIN'S SLIDING WINDOW AND WINDSHIELD IS CRACKED (VERIFIED BY DYE PENETRANT CHECK) EXTERNAL SKIN. STOPPED DRILLED CRACK. HFEC SHOWS NO CRACKING PAST STOP DRILL HOLE. DRILLED HOLES IN DOUBLER AND INSTALLED DOUBLER IAW SRM 53-30-3, FIGURE 8. TST: 42,352 HOURS. CYCLES, 22,280. (X)