Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
January 25, 2000
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N536DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
22049
Part
Skin
Part number
65545739
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs520 - 540
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 26L SKIN LAP SPLICE BETWEEN FS 480 & 680 INDICATED A CRACK IN THE LOWER FASTENER ROW. INTERNAL MFEC INSPECTION CONFIRMED THREE CRACKS BETWEEN FS 520 & FS 540. THE CRACKS WERE ROUTED OUT OF THE SKIN LAP AND REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER PER B727 SRM 53-30-3, FIG 5 AND ER/A 369194-14AD.