Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727290

Difficulty date
April 5, 2005
Submitted
April 20, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N295AS
Make and model
Boeing 727290
Aircraft serial
22147
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 3 Slat
Component
Slat
Component part number
651622291
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

LEFT WING - L/E NR 3 SLAT AT I/B SLAT TRACK ATTACH POINT SLAT SKIN IS CRACKED APPROX .5 INCH. TRIMMED CRACKED AREA LENGTH OF CRACK APPROX .500 LONG IAW BOEING 727 SRM 57-50-01 FIGURE 2 SHEET 1-5, FOUND TO BE WITHIN LIMITS IAW BOEING EA PO27-57-014 REQUEST NDT AND VERIFIED CRACKED AREA WAS CONTAINED.