Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
January 24, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N494DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21074
Part
Skin
Part number
65545703
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 360-480
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 LFEC INSPECTIONS OF THE LOWER ROW OF FASTENERS IN THE STRINGER 4R LAP SPLICE OF THE FS 360 TO 481 PANEL, CRACK INDICATIONS WERE NOTED. INTERNAL HFEC INSPECTION OF THE LOWER ROW OF FASTENERS OF THE LOWER SKIN PANEL CONFIRMED 11 CRACKS ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE LAP. THE ENTIRE LAP AREA WAS CUT OUT AND REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER AND FILLER PER ER/A 366513-14, REV B.