Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
December 10, 2002
Submitted
December 17, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N521DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21472
Aircraft time
67,418 hours, 52,361 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
655457416
Condition
Cracked
Location
S-4r, Fs 481-681
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 LAP JOINT REVEALED CRACK INDICATIONS BETWEEN FS 481 & 681. INTERNAL MFEC INSPECTION CONFIRMED A TOTAL OF 14 CRACKS ALONG THE LOWER ROW OF FASTENERS IN THE LOWER SKIN. THE ENTIRE PANEL LAP JOINT WAS CUTOUT AND REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER PER ER/A 384192-14AD.