Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727225

Difficulty date
October 2, 2001
Submitted
October 19, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N742DH
Make and model
Boeing 727225
Aircraft serial
21290
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
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

AT C-CHECK-FUSELAGE, AFT AIRSTAIRS, LT SIDE AT TOP CUTOUT AREA FOR AIRSTAIRS FUSELAGE SKIN HAS CRACK AT CORNER OF CUTOUT BS 1222. ROUTED OUT CRACK AREA OF FUSELAGE AFT 1222 AS PER B727 SRM 51-10-01. PERFORMED HFEC IAW B727 NDT MANUAL 51-00-00, PART 6 FIG 4. NO CRACKS FOUND AT REWORKED AREA.