Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
March 15, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N491DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21060
Part
Skin
Part number
65545703
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 370
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

WHILE ACCOMPLISHING LFEC INSPECTIONS PER SI 4-74176-12AD ON THE S4R LAP JOINT, TWO CRACK INDICATIONS WERE FOUND BETWEEN BS 360 AND BS 481. HFEC INSPECTION VERIFIED THE TWO CRACK INDICAITONS, BETWEEN BS 360 AND BS 380. THE CRACKS WERE IN THE LWR ROW FASTENERS IN THE LAP JOINT, IN THE LWR SKIN. REPAIRED PER ERA 332925-14AD.