# SDR DL72S971883

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: September 15, 1997
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: N469DA
- Make and model: Boeing 727232
- Aircraft serial: 20746
- System (JASC): [5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5320)
- Part: Doubler
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: R1 Doorway
- Stage of operation: IN
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL72S971883

## Discrepancy

A .625 INCH CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE UPPER HINGE CUTOUT DOUBLER OF THE R-1 DOOR WHILE THE A/C WAS IN TPA.  MX COULD NOT ACCOMPLISH THE PERMANENT REPAIR DUE TO INADEQUATE TIME FOR GALLEY REMOVAL.  THIS ER/A AUTHORIZED A MINOR DEVIATION, WHICH WAS COMPRISED OF A FASTENER SUBSTITUTION, TO THE MAJOR REPAIR IN B727 MM 53-30-00-807 ON A TIME-LIMITED BAISIS.  FURTHER EDDY CURRENT INSP IN ATL ON 10SEPT97 REVEALED A CRACK IN THE BEAR STRAP AND A STOP DRILL IN THE ADJACENT FRAME.  A PERMANENT REPAIR WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED AT THIS TIME.  REPAIRED PER ERA 362185-14 REV B.

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