Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727225

Difficulty date
November 22, 2003
Submitted
January 11, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N742DH
Make and model
Boeing 727225
Aircraft serial
21290
Aircraft time
57,477 hours, 36,433 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Gouged
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

DURING C-CHECK, FUSELAGE SKIN TWO LIGHT GOUGES STA 670 BETWEEN STR 5R TO 6R. CLEANED GAUGE AT BS 670 STR 5R TO 6R MATERIAL LOSS 0.010 FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS IAW B727 SRM 53-30-3 FIG 1. CUT OUT DAMAGED AREA DIM APPROX 4 X 1 INCH IAW B727 SRM 53-30-3 FIG 1. PART MADE FROM 2024-T3 .050 PO 900471 DIM APPROX 7.875 X 11.75 INCH IAW B727 SRM 53-30-3 FIG 1 & 53-30-2 FIG 2, PART WITH BARE METAL TREATED WITH ALODINE & PRIMED IAW B 727 SRM 51-10-2. FAB & INSTALLED COUNTERSINK WASHER REPAIR & DOUBLER AT BS 670 STR 5R TO 6R IAW B727 SRM 53-30-3 FIG 1 & 51-30-8.