Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
March 5, 2001
Submitted
March 29, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N524DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21584
Aircraft time
61,737 hours, 48,424 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
6554583161
Condition
Torn
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

THE FUSELAGE SKIN AND UNDERLYING TRIPLER WERE BADLY DAMAGED BY GROUND EQUIPMENT AT AN OUTFLOW VALVE CUTOUT BETWEEN FS 1166 & 1183 AND BETWEEN STRINGERS 26R & 21R. THE SKIN AROUND THE OUTFLOW VALVE WAS CUT AWAY AND THE TRIPLER REMOVED. A NEW TRIPLER WAS INSTALLED AND A NEW SECTION OF SKIN SPLICE IN WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM SPLICE DOUBLER PER ER/A 380144-14, REV A.