Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
November 21, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N468DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
20745
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
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/ F-N WINDOW POST : REPAIR FOR SKIN CRACK. A .75 INCH CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE SKIN AT THE UPPER AFT CORNER OF THE R5 WINDOW AT THE F-N WINDOW POST. THE CRACK WAS ABOVE AN EXISTING WINDOW POST MOD STRAP. THE CRACK WAS STOP DRILLED AND REPAIRED WITH A DOUBLER WHICH WAS TIED INTO THE MOD STRAP PER ER/A 363254-14AD.