Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727243

Difficulty date
November 13, 2003
Submitted
January 5, 2004
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Boeing 727243
Aircraft time
47,787 hours
Engine
Pwa JT8D15
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
48,876 hours, 31,592 cycles
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

(CAN) THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A (C CHECK. UPON INSPECTION OF THE FUSELAGE, A QUESTIONABLE SCRATCH WAS FOUND AT STATION BS 700 STRINGER NR 1. PAINT WAS STRIPPED AND NDT INSPECTION CARRIED OUT. A CRACK OF HALF INCH LONG WAS DISCOVERED. THE FUSELAGE WAS REPAIRED IAW SRM.