Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
August 31, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N501DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21303
Part
Skin
Part number
655457489
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 580
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 (PER SI 4-74176-12AD) ON THE S4R LAP JOINT REVEALED CRACK INDICATIONS BETWEEN BS 480 AND 680. INTERNAL HFEC INSPECTIONS CONFIRMED THIRTEEN (13) CRACK INDICATIONS IN THE LOWER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN. REPAIRED PER ERA 333468-14AD, REV B.