Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727214

Difficulty date
January 18, 2007
Submitted
January 21, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N788AT
Make and model
Boeing 727214
Aircraft serial
21958
Aircraft time
59,534 hours, 38,792 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Debonded
Location
Te Flaps
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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 OUTBOARD AFT FLAP SHOW DISBONDED SPOT TEMPORARY REPAIR FROM TE OUTBOARD END. REMOVED DELAMINATED AREA APPROX 9.75" BY 3.8" (UPPER SKIN) AND 3" BY 8.6" (LOWER SKIN), CLEANED AND PREPPED REPAIR AREA TO BOND. FABRICATED UPPER FILLER (9.75" BY 3.9") UPPER DOUBLER (12.75" BY 5.4") FROM .016 7075T6 PO NR 9003989 AND LOWER FILLER (3" BY 8.6") AND DOUBLER (4.5" BY 11.6") ANODIZED, PRIMED, AND APPLIED ADHESIVE FILM IAW B727 SRM 51-40-20 PARA'S 7, 8, 14, 15, AND 18 FIG 3 AND 57-40-2 FIG 3. INSTALLED FILLERS AND DOUBLERS AND CURED REPAIR AREA (2 STAGE CURES) IAW B727 SRM 51-40-20 PARA 20 FIG 12 AND 51-40-24 FIG 2. FINISHED REPAIR AREAS IAW B727 SRM 51-40-20 PARA'S 21, 22 AND 51-40-24 FIG 2 AND MM 51-20-00.