SDR DL72S021207

Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date: October 16, 2002
Submitted: October 22, 2002
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N516DA
Make and model: Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial: 21432
Aircraft time: 69,595 hours, 52,579 cycles
System (JASC): 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
Part: Skin
Part number: 655457416
Condition: Cracked
Location: S-4r,Fs481-681
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 / FS 481-681 / STRG. 4R / SKIN LAP JOINT : CRACK REPAIR LFEC INSPECTION OF THE STRINGER 4R SKIN LAP JOINT REVEALED CRACK INDICATIONS BETWEEN FS 481 & 681. INTERNAL MFEC INSPECTION REVEALED 8 CRACKS IN THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN PANEL ALONG THE PANEL LENGTH. THE ENTIRE LAP JOINT WAS CUTOUT FROM FS 481-681 AND REPAIRED WITH AND EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER PER ER/A 383969-14AD.