Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
December 13, 2002
Submitted
January 15, 2003
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 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 JOINT : CRACK REPAIR LFEC INSPECTION OF THE STRINGER 4R SKIN LAP JOINT BETWEEN FS 681 & 740 GAVE CRACK INDICATIONS. INTERNAL MFEC INSPECTIONS CONFIRMED 8 CRACK LOCATIONS ALONG THE LOWER ROW OF FASTENERS IN THE LOWER SKIN PANEL. THE ENTIRE LAP JOINT WAS CUTOUT AN REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER PER ER/A 384201-14AD, REV A.