Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
May 8, 2002
Submitted
May 30, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N517DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21433
Aircraft time
69,294 hours, 52,507 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fs 1040, S-4l
Stage of operation
IN
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 / STRG. 4L / FS 1030-1110 / SKIN LAP JOINT: CRACK REPAIR LFEC INSPECTION OF THE STRINGER 4L SKIN LAP JOINT BETWEEN FS 1030 & 110 INDICATED CRACKS. INTERNAL MFEC INSPECTION CONFIRMED A TOTAL OF 6 CRACKED FASTENER LOCATIONS. THE CRACKED AREAS OF THE SKIN WERE REPAIRED WITH EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLERS ON A TIME-LIMITED BASIS PER ER/A 383056-14AD.