Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
March 28, 2000
Submitted
April 14, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N535DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
22048
Aircraft time
58,387 hours, 43,376 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
655456414
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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 CRACKS IN THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN. INTERNAL MFEC INSPECTION CONFIRMED 4 CRACKS ALONG THE PANEL LENGTH. THE SKIN LAP WAS TRIMMED OFF ALONG THE PANEL LENGTH AND REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER PER ER/A 369647-14AD, REV A.