Service difficulty report · Stringer · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
June 6, 2000
Submitted
June 7, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N531DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21814
Aircraft time
60,356 hours, 45,236 cycles
Part
Stringer
Part number
65586079
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

THE LEFT STRINGER 18A WAS FOUND CRACKED AT FS 940. THE DAMAGED SECTION OF THE STRINGER WAS REMOVED AND AN HFEC WAS OF THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS ACCOMPLISHED REVEALING A CRACK. THE CRACK IN THE SKIN WAS CUT OUT AND AN EXTERNAL DOUBLER WAS INSTALLED. THEN A NEW SECTION OF THE STRINGER WAS SPLICED IN. THE DAMAGE WAS FOUND AT HMV.