What was found
LFEC OF THE STRINGER 26L SKIN LAP SPLICE BETWEEN FS 480 & 680 INDICATED CRACKS. INTERNAL MFEC INSPECTION CONFIRMED A CRACK IN THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN BETWEEN FS 500 & 520 AND ANOTHER BETWEEN FS 560 & 580.
- Difficulty date
- July 19, 2001
- Submitted
- July 27, 2001
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N510DA
- Make and model
- Boeing 727232
- Aircraft serial
- 21312
- Aircraft time
- 73,107 hours, 49,080 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Splice
- Part number
- 65545664
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- E
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.