Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
September 30, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N466DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
20743
Part
Skin
Condition
Dented
Location
Bs 1090
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

THREE SKIN DENTS WERE FOUND AT APPROX FS 1090 TO 1100 AT STRINGER 18L. THE DIMENSIONS OF THE DENTS WERE BEYOND SRM ALLOWABLE DAMAGE. THE THREE DAMAGE LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN CUT OUT WITH DIMENSIONS OF APPROX 2.0 X 1.5, 2.0 X 1.0, AND 1.0 X 1.0. THIS ER/A WILL AUTHORIZE USING ONE EXTERNAL SRM REPAIR DUE TO CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE 3 DENTS, DAL B727 SRM 53-30-3, FIGURE 3.