SDR DL72S002281

Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date: November 21, 2000
Submitted: November 30, 2000
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N539DA
Make and model: Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial: 22385
Aircraft time: 59,396 hours, 43,687 cycles
System (JASC): 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
Part: Skin
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

FUSELAGE / SKIN / FS 269-276 / STRG. 19R-21R : CRACK REPAIR AN EXISTING FLUSH SKIN REPAIR INSTALLED BETWEEN FS 269 & 276AND BETWEEN STRINGERS 19R & 21R WAS FOUND WITH A .4 INCH CRACK EMANATING FROM THE CORNER OF THE 7INCH X 9.5INCH REPAIR CUTOUT. THE EXISTING REPAIR DOUBLER WAS REMOVED AND THE REPAIR CUTOUT ENLARGED TO REMOVE THE CRACK. AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER WAS INSTALLED PER B727 SRM 53-30-3 AND ER/A 379330-14AD.