Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727264

Difficulty date
March 30, 2006
Submitted
April 25, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N764AT
Make and model
Boeing 727264
Aircraft serial
22984
Aircraft time
55,472 hours, 29,948 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
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

LT WING NR 4 SLAT OB GUIDE CUTOUT ON FIXED LE, CRACKED AT OB AFT CORNER, MARKED. REMOVED FASTENERS FOR ACCESS AT LT WING NR 4 SLAT OB GUIDE CUTOUT IAW B727 SRM 51-30-2. STOP DRILLED CRACK .250 TERMINATED AT END OF CRACK IAW B727 SRM 51-10-1. NDT INSPECTED AREA USING HFEC AS GIVEN IN B727 NDTM PART 6 51-00-00 FIG 23. N0 CRACK INDICATION WAS NOTED. FAB`D REPAIR MAT USED 2024T3 .063 PO# 9003110 DIM 9 1/2"X 8" IAW B727 SRM 57-30-4 FIG 11. TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND PARTS IAW B727 SRM 51-10-2. INSTALLED DOUBLER AND FILLER REPAIR IAW B727 SRM 57-30-4 FIG 11.