Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
March 13, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N407DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21151
Part
Skin
Part number
65545662
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 510
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 26L SKIN LAP SPLICE BETWEEN FS 360 AND 680 INDICATED CRACKS IN THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN. HFEC INTERNAL INSPECTION CONFIRMED 3 CRACKS BETWEEN FS 500 AND 520. THE CRACKS WERE ROUTED OUT OF THE SKIN LAP AND REPAIRED PER B727 SRM 53-30-3, FIGURE 5 AND DOCUMENTED PER ER/A 366894-14AD, REV A.