Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727225

Difficulty date
January 28, 2008
Submitted
January 29, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N742DH
Make and model
Boeing 727225
Aircraft serial
21290
Aircraft time
60,752 hours, 38,437 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

RT SIDE FUSELAGE HAS A 10 INCH GASH BY 1/4 INCH WIDE AT FUSELAGE STATION 720, 5 O'CLOCK POSITION. INSTALLED MAJOR REPAIR AT BS 700.00 AT RT STRINGER 27 IAW EVA B 253-00040 DTD 1/29/08 REV IR & IAW W/O 3473 TCN MXC10001 DTD 1-30-08. ACFT GROUNDED.