Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
December 13, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N504DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21306
Part
Skin
Condition
Corrosion
Location
Bs 480-520
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

THE SKIN AND STRINGER AT FS 480 TO 520 AND STR 26R WERE FOUND CORRODED. THE SKIN CORROSION REQUIRED A 3.25 BY 2.75 CUTOUT IN THE UPPER AND LOWER SKINS OF THE STR 26R LAP JOINT. THE STRINGER CORROSION REQUIRED A CUTOUT IN THE STRINGER FROM THE EXISTING FACTORY SPLICE AT FS 480 RUNNING AFT TO FS 500 TO 520. MAINTENANCE REPORTS THE STRINGER TO BE 0.050 THICK. THE SKIN DAMAGE WILL BE REPAIRED PER THE SRM WITH A MINOR DEVIATION TO EXTEND THE FILLER TO THE STA 480 BUTT JOINT.