Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7272Q9

Difficulty date
June 18, 2007
Submitted
June 20, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N740DH
Make and model
Boeing 7272Q9
Aircraft serial
21930
Aircraft time
47,830 hours, 38,338 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Dented
Location
Rt Elelvator
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

RT ELEVATOR UPPER SKIN HAS 3 DENTS AT ELEV STA'S 40-0, 47.0, AND 79.0 APPROX. DENT AT ELEV STA 40.0 WITHIN LIMITS. 2 DENTS EVALUATED AS BEYOND LIMITS, AT ELEV STA 47.0 (DENT 1) AND 79.0 (DENT 2). CUT OUT DAMAGE; DENT 1" BY 1" AND DENT 2 .25" BY .75". FABRICATED REPAIR DOUBLERS, NR 1 FROM 2024-T3, .032" BY 8.25" BY 3.125"; NR 2 FROM 2024-T3, .032" BY 3.25" BY 2.5", PO NR 9005049, PER B727 SRM 55-20-3 FIG 1. TREATED, PRIMED, AND INSTALLED 2 REPAIR DOUBLERS PER B727 SRM 51-10-2 AND 55-20-3 FIG 1. COMPLIED WITH REBALANCE REQUIREMENTS OF B727 SRM 51-80-7: CALCULATIONS REVEALED NO REBALANCE REQUIRED FOR WEIGHT CHANGE AT REPAIR MOMENTS.

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