Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
August 15, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N493DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21062
Part
Skin
Part number
65545661
Condition
Corroded
Location
Fs 580
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

DURING HMV INSPECTION, CORROSION DAMAGE WAS FOUND JUST AFT OF FS 580, OUTBD OF STR 28-L. THE DAMAGE WAS REMOVED RESULTING IN A 19 INCH X 1.75 INCH CUTOUT AND IS 7 INCHES FROM AN EXISTING INTERNAL DOUBLER. IN ACCORDANCE WITH FAA/DER APPROVAL DATED 15 AUG 1995, A FILLER WAS INSERTED IN THE CUTOUT AND A DOUBLER AND TRIPLER WERE INSTALLED WITH THE DOUBLER OVERLAPPING INTO THE EXTERNAL AREA OF THE EXISTING INTERNAL REPAIR.