Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
May 15, 2000
Submitted
May 22, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N536DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
22049
Aircraft time
58,490 hours, 43,693 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
65545664
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 JOINT BETWEEN FS 481 & 681 INDICATED CRACKS IN THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN. INTERNAL MFEC CONFIRMED CRACKS IN TWO FRAME BAYS. BECAUSE OF THE CRACKS AND EXISTING PREVIOUS REPAIRS THE ENTIRE LAP JOINT WAS CUTOUT AND REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM SPLICE DOUBLER INSTALLED PER ER/A 377268-14AD, REV A.