Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
February 3, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N541DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
22387
Part
Skin
Part number
655457416
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 513 & 632
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

LFEC INSPECTION OF THE LOWER ROW OF FASTENERS IN THE STR 4R LAP SPLICE GAVE TWO CRACK INDICATIONS. INTERNAL HFEC INSPECTION CONFIRMED ONLY TWO CRACKS, ONE AT FS 513, AND ONE AT FS 632. FASTENERS WERE REMOVED FWD AND AFT OF EACH CRACK AND HFEC SURFACE INSPECTION AGAIN REVEALED NO FURTHER CRACKS. THE CRACKS WERE CUTOUT OF THE LAP AND REPAIRED PER B727 SRM 53-30-3, FIG 5 AND DOCUMENTED PER ER/A 366612-14.