Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727224

Difficulty date
October 7, 2008
Submitted
November 13, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N745DH
Make and model
Boeing 727224
Aircraft serial
20665
Aircraft time
73,890 hours, 49,460 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Zone 200
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

EXTERNAL FUSELAGE EXISTING REPAIR IS DEFORMED AND HAS MISSING FASTENERS, AT BS 235.5, BETWEEN WL 212 AND WL 220. REMOVED EXISTING REPAIR, FABRICATED NEW DOUBLER REPAIR, AND INSTALLED PER SRM 53-30-3 FIG 1. THIS IS A CAT "B" REPAIR AND SUBJECT TO SSID F-21. REF EC-01251 FOR RE-INSPECTION TRACKING.