Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
February 23, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N401DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21145
Part
Skin
Part number
65182173
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 444
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 STRINGER 4L SKIN LAP SPLICE BETWEEN FS 360 AND 460 INDICATED A SINGLE CRACK. INTERNAL HFEC INSPECTION CONFIRMED ONE CRACK ONLY AT FS 444. THE CRACK WAS ROUTED OUT OF THE SKIN LAP AND REPAIRED PER THE B727 SRM 53-30-3, FIG 5. TEN FASTENERS FWD AND AFT OF THE CRACK WERE ADDITIONALLY REMOVED TO ALLOW FOR HFEC SURFACE SCAN WITH NO RIVET TAIL INTERFERENCE. NO OTHER CRACKS WERE NOTED.