Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
November 8, 2000
Submitted
November 21, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N408DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21152
Aircraft time
73,831 hours, 57,588 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
65545826
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 4R SKIN LAP SPLICE BETWEEN FS 1009 AND 1183 INDICATED CRACKS IN THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN. INTERNAL MFEC INSPECTION CONFIRMED 8 CRACKS. THE ENTIRE SKIN LAP JOINT WAS CUTOUT BETWEEN FS 1009 AND 1120. THE JOINT WAS REPAIRED WITH AND EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER INSTALLED PER ER/A 379157-14AD.