- Difficulty date
- April 21, 2007
- Submitted
- May 3, 2007
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N788AT
- Make and model
- Boeing 727214
- Aircraft serial
- 21958
- Aircraft time
- 59,731 hours, 38,916 cycles
- Part
- Skin
- Part number
- 6521631261
- Part serial
- BN498
- Condition
- Gouged
- Location
- Lt Wing Foreflap
- 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
LEFT W/S 464, OUTBD FOREFLAP, INBD L/E AT PREVIOUS REPAIR DOUBLER GOUGED. REMOVED GOUGED DOUBLER IAW B727 SRM 51-30-2. FABRICATED REPAIR DOUBLER 5" BY 6" BY .063 FROM 2024T3 AND FILLER 2.20" BY 1.90" BY .063 FROM 2024T3 IAW B727 SRM 57-50-4, FIG 4. TREATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR IAW B727 SRM 51-10-2 AND 57-50-4, FIG 4.