Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
March 7, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N511DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21313
Part
Skin
Part number
65545703
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 442
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

LFEC INSPECTION REVEALED A CRACK INDICATION NEAR THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN AT THE STRINGER 4R SKIN LAP SPLICE NEAR FS 442. INTERNAL HFEC INSPECTION CONFIRMED A SINGLE AT FS 442. THE CRACK WAS REPAIRED PER B727 SRM 53-30-3, FIG 5 AND DOCUMENTED PER ER/A 366845-14AD, REV A.