# SDR DL72S000966

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: May 15, 2000
- Submitted: May 22, 2000
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N536DA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N536DA), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 727232
- Aircraft serial: 22049
- Aircraft time: 58,490 hours, 43,693 cycles
- System (JASC): [5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5330)
- Part: Skin
- Part number: 65545664
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Fuselage
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S000966

## Discrepancy

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.

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