Service difficulty report · Stringer · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
December 15, 2000
Submitted
January 2, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N544DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
22493
Aircraft time
57,453 hours, 42,740 cycles
Part
Stringer
Condition
Corroded
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 / STRINGER / FS 440 / STRG. 27L : SPLICE REPAIR. STRINGER 27L WAS FOUND CORRODED AT FS 440. THE CORRODED SECTION OF STRINGER WAS CUT AWAY TO REMOVE ALL DAMAGED. THE DAMAGED SECTION WAS REPAIRED WITH TWO (2) ALUMINUM REPAIR ANGLES INSTALLED PER ER/A 379468-14, REV A.