Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
January 20, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N495DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21075
Part
Skin
Part number
655457416
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 480-681
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 ACCOMPLISHMENT OF SPECIAL HFEC AND LFEC INSPECTIONS, 82 CRACK INDICATIONS WERE FOUND IN THE LOWER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN OF STRINGER 4R LAP SPLICE BETWEEN FS 480 TO 681. THE SKIN LAP AREA WAS CUT AWAY AND REMOVED. THE SPLICE WAS RESTORED WITH AND EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER AND STRUCTURAL FILLER PER ER/A 366485-14, REV A.