Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
April 25, 2000
Submitted
May 7, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N517DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21433
Aircraft time
63,840 hours, 48,851 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
655457416
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 4R SKIN LAP SPLICE BETWEEN FS 480 & 680 REVEALED A CRACK INDICATION IN THE LOWER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN. INTERNAL MFEC INSPECTION OF THE ENTIRE LAP CONFIRMED A SINGLE CRACKED FASTENER HOLE BETWEEN FS 640 & 660. THE DAMAGED SECTION OF LAP JOINT WAS CUTOUT AND REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER PER B727 SRM 53-30-3, FIG 5 AND ER/A 377137-14AD.