SDR DL72S021208

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: 655456716
Condition: Cracked
Location: S-4r,Fs 681-740
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 681-740 / STRG. 4R / SKIN LAP SPLICE : CRACK REPAIR LFEC INSPECTION OF THE STRINGER 4R SKIN LAP SPLICE BETWEEN FS 681 & 740 REVEALED CRACK INDICATIONS. INTERNAL MFEC INSPECTION REVEALED SEVERAL CRACKS IN THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE PANEL. THE ENTIRE LAP JOINT ALONG THE PANEL LENGTH WAS CUTOUT TO REMOVE ALL CRACKS. THE AREA WAS REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER PER ER/A 383973-14AD.