Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
April 9, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N412DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21232
Part
Skin
Part number
65545672
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 700-720
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 700-720B STRINGER 4R, SKIN LAP SPLICE:CRACK REPAIR. LFEC INSPECTION OF THE STRINGER 4R SKIN LAP SPLICE BETWEEN FS 680 AND 740 INDICATED CRACKS IN THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN. INTERNAL HFEC INSPECTION CONFIRMED CRACKS BETWEEN FS 700 AND 720 AND BETWEEN FS 720A AND 720B. THE CRACKS WERE ROUTED OUT OF THE SKIN LAP AND REPAIRED WITH EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLERS PER B727 SRM 53-30-3, FIG 5 AND DOCUMENTED PER ER/A 367139-14AD.