Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727228

Difficulty date
October 21, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N720DH
Make and model
Boeing 727228
Aircraft serial
19544
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 294
Stage of operation
IN
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

AT C-CHECK, FOUND BULGING AROUND RIVETS ON LAP SEAM STR 24R APPROX FS 294. REMOVED FASTENERS AT LAP SEAM STR 24 RT FROM BS 280 TO BS 328. PERFORMED HFEC, FOUND SKIN CRACK AT ATTACH ANGLE BELOW STR 24RT BS 294.5. CUT OUT DAMAGED SKIN 3.5 BY 2. INSTALLED EXTERNAL DOUBLER SKIN REPAIR PER SRM 53-30-3, 11 BY 9.75.