Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
September 11, 2000
Submitted
September 14, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N541DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
22387
Aircraft time
58,282 hours, 43,200 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
655457416
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
E
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 INSPECTIONS OF THE STRINGER 4R SKIN LAP SPLICE BETWEEN FS 480 & 680 INDICATED CRACKS IN THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN PANEL. INTERNAL MFEC INSPECTION CONFIRMED 19 CRACKS ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE PANEL. THE ENTIRE SKIN LAP JOINT WAS CUT AND REMOVED. THE JOINT WAS RESTORED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER INSTALLED PER ER/A 378506-14AD.