Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
November 24, 2000
Submitted
November 30, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N534DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
22047
Aircraft time
60,334 hours, 44,811 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
655458826
Condition
Punctured
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 670-710 / STRG. 21L-23L : PUNCTURE REPAIR. THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS DENTED AND PUNCTURED BETWEEN FS 670 & 710 AND BETWEEN STRINGERS 21L & 23L. THE DAMAGE WAS REMOVED WITH A SKIN CUTOUT FWD OF THE FS 680 SKIN BUTT SPLICE AND CUTOUT AFT OF THE SPLICE. THE SPLICE STRUCTURE WAS UNDAMAGED. THE CUTOUTS WERE REPAIRED WITH INDIVIDUAL EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLERS PER B727 SRM 53-30-3 AND ER/A 379361-14.