Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
October 21, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N529DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21703
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
L1 Doorway
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

A 1 INCH CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE SKIN AT THE UPPER HINGE CUTOUT OF THE FWD ENTRY DOOR CUTOUT. AN EXISTING EXTERNAL DOUBLER REPAIR WAS LOCATED MIDWAY BETWEEN THE UPPER HINGE CUTOUT ANDTHE LOWER HINGE CUTOUT. THE UPPER HINGE CRACK WAS REPAIRED PER SRM 53-30-3, FIG 29 & 31 (BASED ON S/B REPAIR) AND THE EXISTING DOUBLER WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH AN INTERNAL DOUBLER INSTALLED PER SRM 53-30-3 FIG 13.