Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
March 13, 2000
Submitted
April 14, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N506DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21308
Aircraft time
71,771 hours, 48,526 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
65184201054
Condition
Lightning Strike
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WERE FOUND FROM FS 188 TO FS 259 JUST ABOVE STR 17R. THE DAMAGES WERE EITHER BLENDED OR CUT OUT AND AN EXTERNAL REPAIR WAS INSTALLED PER ERA 334150-14, SIMILAR TO THAT OF SRM REPAIR 53-30-3, FIGURE 3. THE DAMAGE WAS FOUND AT HMV.