Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
May 23, 2002
Submitted
June 13, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N522DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21582
Aircraft time
68,806 hours, 51,850 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
6518420406
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

A CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE BONDED SKIN ASSY AND UNDERLYING BEARSTRAP OF THE LOWER HINGE CUTOUT OF THE L1 DOOR CUTOUT. THE CRACK WAS ROUTED OUT OF THE SKIN AND THE BEARSTRAP. THE CUTOUT WAS REPAIRED WITH TWO EXTERNAL ALUMINUM REPAIR DOUBLERS PER ER/A 383225-14, REV A.