Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
February 22, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N518DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21469
Part
Skin
Part number
65545826
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 1100
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 4R SKIN LAP SPLICE INDICATED CRACKS IN THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN PANEL. INTERNAL HFEC INSPECTION CONFIRMED 4 CRACK INDICATIONS AT APPROX FS 1100 WITH NO OTHER CRACK INDICATIONS FOR THE ENTIRE PANEL LENGTH. THE CRACKED AREA OF SKIN WAS TRIMMED OUT AND REPAIRED PER THE B727 SRM 53-30-3, FIG 5. THE REPAIR WAS DOCUMENTED PER ER/A 366742-14.