SDR DL72S001143

Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date: June 13, 2000
Submitted: June 14, 2000
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N416DA
Make and model: Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial: 21258
Aircraft time: 69,664 hours, 54,215 cycles
System (JASC): 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
Part: Skin
Part number: 65545662
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

WHILE ACCOMPLISHING LFEC INSPECTIONS PER SI 4-74176-12AD ON S26L FROM BS 480 TO 680, CRACK INDICATIONS WERE FOUND IN TWO FRAME BAYS. HFEC INSPECTION OF THE ENTIRE LAP JOINT VERIFIED TWO CRACKS IN THE LWR ROW OF THE LWR SKIN BETWEEN BS 540 AND 560 AT FASTENERS NR 6 AND 7. FIVE CRACKS WERE VERIFIED IN THE LWR ROW OF THE LWR SKIN BETWEEN BS 560 AND 580 AT FASTENERS NR 6 THRU 10. FULL LENGTH LAP JOINT REPAIR INSTALLED PER ERA 377489-14AD.