# SDR DL72L990908

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: April 22, 1999
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N506DA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N506DA), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 727232
- Aircraft serial: 21308
- System (JASC): [5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5330)
- Part: Skin
- Part number: 65545664
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Bs 520-540
- Stage of operation: IN
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72L990908

## Discrepancy

FUSELAGE SKIN FS 520-540, STRINGER 26L SKIN LAP SPLICE, CRACK REPAIR.  LFEC INSPECTION OF THE STRINGER 26L SKIN LAP SPLICE BETWEEN FS 481 AND 681 INDICATED A CRACK IN THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN.  INTERNAL HFEC INSPECTION CONFIRMED A SINGLE CRACK BETWEEN FS 520 AND 540.  THE CRACK WAS ROUTED OUT OF THE SKIN LAP AND REPAIRED PER B727 SRM 53-30-3, FIG 5 AND      DOCUMENTED PER ER/A 367229-14AD.

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