Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
September 15, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N509DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21311
Part
Skin
Part number
65545703
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 660-680
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 OF THE STRINGER 4R SKIN LAP SPLICE BETWEEN FS 480 & 680 INDICATED A CRACK IN THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN. INTERNAL HFEC INSPECTION CONFIRMED A SINGLE CRACK BETWEEN FS 660 & 680. THE CRACK WAS ROUTED OUT OF THE SKIN LAP AND REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER PER B727 SRM 53-30, FIG 5 AND ER/A 368263-14AD.