Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7272Q9

Difficulty date
March 23, 2005
Submitted
May 4, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N740DH
Make and model
Boeing 7272Q9
Aircraft serial
21930
Aircraft time
46,106 hours, 37,206 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
E
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

FWD ENTRY DOOR LOWER CUT OUT SKIN CRACKED. CRACKED CONFIRM BY HFEC NDT. REMOVED FASTENERS PER ACCESS AND CUT OUT DAMAGE AREA (DIM. 2.5 BY 1.5) IAW S/B 727 53A0198. ACCOMPLISHED NDT HFEC AROUND CUT OUT NO CRACKS NOTED IAW B727 NDT MAN. PART 6 51-00-00. FABBED DOUBLER REPAIR AND FILLER IAW SB727-53A0198. TREATED AND PRIMED BARE METAL AND FILLER AND DOUBLER PRIMED. DOUBLER REPAIR IAW B727 SRM 51-10-2, COUNTER SINK WASHER REPAIR INSTALLED IAW B727 SRM 51-30-8 FIG 4. INSTALLED DOUBLER AND FILLER AT FWD ENTRY DOOR LWR CUT OUT IAW SB727-53A0198.

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