Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727264

Difficulty date
March 31, 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
Dented
Location
Horizontal Stab
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 HORIZ STAB UPPER SURFACE AT STAB STA 170 DENTED. MEASURED DENT AT LT HORIZ STAB UPPER SURFACE STA 170 IAW B727 SRM 55-10-1 FIG 1. FOUND WITHIN LIMITS A=.500 Y=.012 A/Y=41. NDT HFEC SHOWS SKIN CRACK PER MANUAL PT6 51-00-00 FIG 4. REMOVED DAMAGED AREA IAW B727 SRM 55-10-1 DIM 1" BY .250. FABRICATED DOUBLER REPAIR ON LT HORIZ STAB UPPER SURFACE STA 170 DIM 2 7/8" BY 3 3/16" MAT USED 2024T3 .032 PO# 9002787 IAW B727 SRM 55-10-1 FIG 2 AND 55-10-1 FIG 1. TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AND DOUBLER IAW SRM 51-10-2. INSTALLED REPAIR ON LT HORIZ STAB STA 170 UPPER SURFACE IAW B727 SRM 55-10-1 FIG 2 AND 51-20-2.