SDR DL72K991573

Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date: July 11, 1999
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N410DA
Make and model: Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial: 21222
System (JASC): 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
Part: Skin
Part number: 65545672
Condition: Cracked
Location: Bs 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 720A-720B, STRG 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 3 CRACKS BETWEEN FS 720A AND 720B. THE CRACKS WERE CUTOUT OF THE SKIN LAP AND REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER PER B727 SRM 53-30-3, FIG. 5 AND ER/A 367767-14AD.