# SDR DL72S000187

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: January 25, 2000
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N536DA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N536DA), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 727232
- Aircraft serial: 22049
- System (JASC): [5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5330)
- Part: Skin
- Part number: 65545739
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Bs520 - 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/DL72S000187

## Discrepancy

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.

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