Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
November 15, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N413DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21233
Part
Skin
Condition
Punctured
Location
Fs 440, S-21r
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 440-460, STRG 20R-21R, CUTOUT REPAIR. THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS PUNCTURED BETWEEN FS 440 AND 460 AND BETWEEN STRINGERS 20R AND 21R. THE SKIN SPLICE STRAP AT FS 440 WAS SEVERED. THE SKIN DAMAGE WAS REMOVED WITH A 12 BY 8 CUTOUT AND THE DAMAGED SECTION OF SPLICE STRAP WAS CUT OUT. THE SKIN WAS REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER AND THE SPLICE STRAP WAS REPAIRED WITH AN INTERNAL TITANIUM STRAP PER ER/A 368750-14.