- Difficulty date
- November 20, 2007
- Submitted
- February 10, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N742DH
- Make and model
- Boeing 727225
- Aircraft serial
- 21290
- Aircraft time
- 60,716 hours, 38,406 cycles
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 615
- 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
EXTERIOR FUSELAGE SURFACE BS 615 ON STRINGER 27L 1 SKIN STRINGER FASTENER HOLE IS CRACKED, VERIFIED WITH HFEC. CUT OUT DAMAGED AREA, FABRICATED REPAIR DOUBLER AND REPAIR FILLER IAW B-727 SRM 53-30-2 FIGURE 2 AND 53-30-3 FIGURE 3. TREATED AND PRIMED REPAIR PART IAW B-727 SRM 51-10-2 AND INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS AT EXTERNAL FUSELAGE BS 615 ON STRINGER 27L IAW B-727 SRM 53-30-3 FIGURE 3 AND 51-30-2.