SDR DL72E991562

Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727247

Difficulty date: July 10, 1999
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N282WA
Make and model: Boeing 727247
Aircraft serial: 21484
System (JASC): 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
Part: Skin
Part number: 655457416
Condition: Cracked
Location: Bs 481-681
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

FUSELAGE SKIN, FS 481-681, STRG 4R, SKIN LAP SPLICE, CRACK REPAIR. LFEC INSPECTION OF THE STRINGER 4R SKIN LAP SPLICE BETWEEN FS 481 AND 681 INDICATED CRACKS IN THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN. INTERNAL HFEC INSPECTION CONFIRMED 28 CRACKS ALONG THE PANEL LENGTH. THE ENTIRE SKIN LAP SPLICE WAS CUTOUT AND REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL SKIN DOUBLER PER ER/A 367751-14AD.