Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727227

Difficulty date
February 11, 2005
Submitted
March 10, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N781DH
Make and model
Boeing 727227
Aircraft serial
21996
Part
Skin
Condition
Gouged
Location
Lt Wing
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 A "C" CHECK, LT WING UPPER SURFACE GOUGED 1 INCH AFT OF NR 2 SLAT O/B SLAT HOOK RETAINER. REMOVED PAINT AT AFFECTED AREA IAW B727 B772 51-20-1. INSPECTED AREA USING C/3 ULTRSONIC THICKNESS GOUGE ORIGINAL THICKNESS OF 0.040 MATERIAL LOSS OF 0.0102 INCH, MAT REMAINING IS 0.0298 AREA FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS IAW B727 SRM 57-20-01 FIG 1. REMOVED FASTENERS FOR ACCESS IAW B727 SRM 51-30-2. CUT OUT EXISTING FILLER STRIP DIMENSION 71/2 INCH BY 1 1/2 INCH IAW B727 SRM 57-30-4 FIG 9. FAB`D REPAIR AT SLAT HOOK MAT USED 0.038 CRESS AISI 301 1/2 HAND AND PO NR 9001628 DIM 7 1/2 BY 1 1/2 DIM OF THE DOUBLER 7 1/2 BY 4 1/2 IAW B727 SRM 57-30-4 FIG 9. PRIMED AREA AND PARTS IAW B727 SRM 51-10-2. INSTALLED REPAIR I