Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727247

Difficulty date
June 6, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N831WA
Make and model
Boeing 727247
Aircraft serial
21483
Part
Skin
Part number
65545703
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 420-440
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

LFEC INSPECTION OF THE STRINGER 4R SKIN LAP SPLICE BETWEEN FS 360 AND 480 INDICATED A CRACK IN THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN PANEL. INTERNAL HFEC INSPECTION CONFIRMED A SINGLE CRACK BETWEEN FS 420 AND 440. THE CRACK WAS ROUTED OUT AND AN EXTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER INSTALLED PER B727 SRM 53-30-3, FIG 5 AND ER/A 367547-14AD.