Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
July 25, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N517DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21433
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Vert Stab
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

THE LT AND RT SKINS OF THE VERTICAL STABILIZER WERE FOUND CRACKED AT THE FRONT SPAR JUST ABOVE THE FUSLEAGE CREASE. ON THE LT SIDE, A TOTAL OF FOUR FASTENER HOLES HAVE CRACKS EMANATING FROM THEM. TWO ARE IN THE TYPICAL LOCATION OF THE SRM 55-30-3, FIGURE 7 REPAIR AND TWO ARE AT FASTENERS ALONG THE AFT EDGE OF THE SPAR. ON THE RT SIDE, CRACKS EMANATE FROM THE TWO TYPICAL FASTENER HOLES AS WELL AS TWO FASTENER HOLES JUST AFT OF THE LOWER TYPICAL SECTION. THE DAMAGE WAS REPAIRED PER SRM 55-30-3, FIGURE 7 EXCEPT SIZED LARGER.