SDR DL72L990921

Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date: April 27, 1999
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N507DA
Make and model: Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial: 21309
System (JASC): 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
Part: Skin
Part number: 655457416
Condition: Cracked
Location: Bs 481-681
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

FUSELAGE SKIN FS 481-681, STRINGER 4R SKIN LAP SPLICE, CRACK REPAIR. LFEC INSPECTION OF THE STRINGER 4R SKIN LAP SPLICE BETWEEN FS 481 AND 681 INDICATED CRACKS IN THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN. INTERNAL HFEC INSPECTION CONFIRMED 52 CRACKS ALONG THE PANEL. THE ENTIRE SKIN LAP WAS CUTOUT AND REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER PER ER/A 367261 -14AD.